Estimated costs of malingered disability

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 633-639

  Chafetzl, Michael ^a   Underhill, James ^b  

^a ABPP   (United States)

^b Neuropsychology Clinic PC   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability handicaps; Forensic neuropsychology; Intelligence; Malingering symptom validity testing; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY; DISABILITY/HANDICAPS; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FORENSIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MALINGERING; MALINGERING/SYMPTOM VALIDITY TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

DISABILITY/HANDICAPS; FORENSIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; INTELLIGENCE; MALINGERING/SYMPTOM VALIDITY TESTING; MOTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884984834     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/act038     Document Type: Article

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