Malingering
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Consensus Conference Statement on the neuropsychological assessment of effort, response bias, and malingering.

31 Aug 2009 During the past two decades clinical and research efforts have led to increasingly sophisticated and effective methods and instruments designed to detect exaggeration or fabrication of neuropsychological dysfunction, as well as somatic and ... Read more...

Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness analysis in suspected malingerers with optic disc temporal pallor.

30 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: To investigate the value of temporal retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL(temporal)) thickness in the prediction of malingering. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted on 33 military conscripts with optic ... Read more...

Detecting malingered pain-related disability: classification accuracy of the test of memory malingering.

30 Aug 2009 This study used criterion groups validation to determine the accuracy of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) in detecting malingered pain-related disability (MPRD) across a range of cutoffs in chronic pain patients undergoing psychological ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Malingering'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Consensus Conference Statement on the neuropsychological assessment of effort, response bias, and malingering. 31 Aug 2009
• Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness analysis in suspected malingerers with optic disc temporal pallor. 30 Aug 2009
• Detecting malingered pain-related disability: classification accuracy of the test of memory malingering. 30 Aug 2009
• Let's not get hysterical: comparing the MMPI-2 validity, clinical, and RC scales in TBI litigants tested for effort. 30 Jul 2009
• Digit span age scaled score in middle-aged military veterans: is it more closely associated with TOMM failure than reliable digit span? 16 Jul 2009
• [Expert assessment of tinnitus in statutory accident insurance] 29 Jun 2009
• Prevalence of malingering in patients with chronic pain referred for psychologic evaluation in a medico-legal context. 29 Jun 2009
• The value of the ophthalmological independent medical examination: analysis of 344 cases. 28 Jun 2009
• [Symptom and complaint validation of chronic pain in social medical evaluation. Part I: Terminological and methodological approaches] 30 May 2009
• [Symptom and complaint validation of chronic pain in social medical evaluation. Part II: Analysis levels and assessment recommendations] 30 May 2009
• "Faking good" and "faking bad". 30 May 2009
• [Is the "psychopathy concept" applicable to expert opinions in civil suits?] 30 May 2009
• Validation of diagnostic measures based on latent class analysis: a step forward in response bias research. 30 May 2009
• Are exaggerated health complaints continuous or categorical? A taxometric analysis of the Health Problem Overstatement Scale. 30 May 2009
• Letter to the editor. A case of malingering by proxy described in 1593. 21 May 2009
• Ganser syndrome with work-related onset in a patient with a background of immigration. 29 Apr 2009
• Feigned visual loss misdiagnosed as occult traumatic optic neuropathy: diagnostic guidelines and medical-legal issues. 29 Apr 2009
• Identifying deliberate attempts to fake memory impairment through the combined use of reaction time and event-related potential measures. 13 Apr 2009
• [Complex regional pain syndrome type II or psychogenic painful finger contracture?] 30 Mar 2009
• Development of a novel malingering detection method involving multiple detection strategies. 9 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Malingering'

Definition: Simulation of symptoms of illness or injury with intent to deceive in order to obtain a goal, e.g., a claim of physical illness to avoid jury duty.

Descriptor UI: D008306

Alternative terms: Malingering;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F01.145.126.925;