Impact of somatoform symptomatology on credibility of cognitive performance.

Full Abstract

Although the detection of conscious fabrication (i.e., malingering) of cognitive symptoms has been the recipient of burgeoning interest within the last 10 years in the empirical and clinical neuropsychological literature, whether conversion/somatization results in similarly noncredible cognitive profiles has not been formally investigated. Two thirds (13 of 19) of subjects with cognitive complaints and 1-3/3-1 code types on the MMPI/MMPI-2 showed evidence of noncredible cognitive performance (i.e., failure on malingering tests and/or a "malingering" pattern on standard neuropsychological tests). These results suggest that symptom fabrication associated with somatization/conversion personality orientations can extend to noncredible cognitive complaints and not just the oft-described physical manifestations.

Author information

Author/s: Boone, K B (KB); Lu, P H (PH);

Affiliation: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Torrance, CA 90509-2910, United States of America.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: The Clinical neuropsychologist (Clin Neuropsychol), published in NETHERLANDS. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1999-Nov; vol 13 (issue 4) : pp 414-9

Dates: Created 2000/07/06; Completed 2000/07/06; Revised 2007/06/01;

PMID: 10806453, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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