Confronting patients about insufficient effort: The impact on subsequent symptom validity and memory performance

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1296-1311

  Suchy, Yana ^a   Chelune, Gordon ^b   Franchow, Emilie I ^a   Thorgusen, Sommer R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Effort testing; Malingering; Memory testing; Multiple sclerosis; Neuropsychological evaluation; Symptom validity tests; Victoria Symptom Validity Test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870614933     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2012.722230     Document Type: Article

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