Update on Neuropsychological Assessment of Malingering

This article presents a review of current techniques used for assessment of malingering in traumatic brain injury litigation. These techniques include tests that have the sole purpose of detecting malingering, tests of cognitive and emotional functioning that contain validity profiles, and evaluatio...

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Published inJournal of forensic psychology practice Vol. 1; no. 2; pp. 45 - 53
Main Authors Goldberg, Kenneth B., Haas, Eric
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Binghamton, NY Taylor & Francis Group 06.02.2001
Haworth Press
Subjects
assessment
Biological and medical sciences
brain injury
forensic
malingering
Medical sciences
Neuropsychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Techniques and methods
Human
Nervous system diseases
Craniocerebral
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Neuropsychological test
Psychometrics
Cognition
Emotion emotionality
Trauma
Cerebral disorder
Response falsification
Central nervous system disease
Skull disease
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Summary:This article presents a review of current techniques used for assessment of malingering in traumatic brain injury litigation. These techniques include tests that have the sole purpose of detecting malingering, tests of cognitive and emotional functioning that contain validity profiles, and evaluations of behavioral and historical consistency with true brain injury. How these techniques should be integrated to achieve convergent validity is also discussed.
ISSN:1522-8932
1522-9092
DOI:10.1300/J158v01n02_03