Performance of Older Depressed Patients on Two Cognitive Malingering Tests: False Positive Rates for the Rey 15-item Memorization and Dot Counting Tests

To our knowledge, no investigations have been undertaken to determine whether depression impacts performance on two commonly used tests to detect malingering of cognitive symptoms, the Rey 15-item Memorization Test and the Rey Dot Counting Test. This is a critical issue because of the high rate of d...

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Published inClinical neuropsychologist Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 303 - 308
Main Authors Lee, Alison, Brauer Boone, Kyle, Lesser, Ira, Wohl, Marcy, Wilkins, Stacy, Parks, Carlton
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Taylor & Francis Group 01.08.2000
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Summary:To our knowledge, no investigations have been undertaken to determine whether depression impacts performance on two commonly used tests to detect malingering of cognitive symptoms, the Rey 15-item Memorization Test and the Rey Dot Counting Test. This is a critical issue because of the high rate of depressive symptoms in patients with neurological conditions. It was hypothesized that depressed individuals, especially those with more severe depression, might be at risk for failing the tests, because these patients exhibit mild deficits in mental speed, visual perceptual/spatial skills, and visual memory, abilities required for successful completion of the malingering tests. However, examination of test performance in 64 older participants with major depression generally revealed very low false positive rates for most test scores, and severity of depression was unrelated to test scores. These results add to accumulating data supporting the validity of these cognitive malingering tests by documenting few false positive identifications.
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ISSN:1385-4046
1744-4144
DOI:10.1076/1385-4046(200008)14:3;1-P;FT303