False positive diagnosis of malingering due to the use of multiple effort tests

Brain Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 909-916

  Berthelson, Lena ^a   Mulchan, Siddika S ^a   Odland, Anthony P ^b   Miller, Lori J ^c   Mittenberg, Wiley ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base rate; Effort tests; Malingering; Medicolegal; Symptom exaggeration; Symptom validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MALINGERING; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MONTE CARLO METHOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84879366730     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2013.793400     Document Type: Article

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