PTSD and cognitive functioning: Importance of including performance validity testing

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 128-145

  Wisdom, Nick M ^a,b   Pastorek, Nicholas J ^a,b   Miller, Brian I ^a,b   Booth, Jane E ^a,b   Romesser, Jennifer M ^c   Linck, John F ^d   Sim, Anita H ^e  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort; Malingering; Performance validity testing; Post traumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Symptom validity testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VETERAN;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEMORY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84893912599     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2013.863977     Document Type: Article

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