Utility of the mild brain injury atypical symptoms scale to detect symptom exaggeration: An analogue simulation study

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 192-209

  Lange, Rael T ^a,b   Edmed, Shannon L ^c   Sullivan, Karen A ^c   French, Louis M ^a   Cooper, Douglas B ^a,d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mild Brain Injury Atypical Symptoms Scale; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 Restructured Form; Postconcussional disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Symptom exaggeration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874269155     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2012.761677     Document Type: Article

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