Psychological characteristics contributing to performance on neuropsychological tests and effort testing.
Description:
The issue of effortful patient performance has been an area of clinical interest in individuals with minor traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Clinical attention to this area has increased largely because of an increase in the number of worker's compensation claims, injury-related lawsuits and/or insanity defense pleas. As patients are presented with the opportunity for secondary gain, the issue of optimum performance on neuropsychological measures becomes salient. In addition to neurocognitive defi…
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Date:
August 2008
Creator:
Hilborn, Robert Scott
Partner:
UNT Libraries