@article{ref1,
title="A practical method for the evaluation of symptom exaggeration in minor head trauma among civil litigants",
journal="The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law",
year="2003",
author="Sreenivasan, Shoba and Eth, Spencer and Kirkish, Patricia and Garrick, Thomas",
volume="31",
number="2",
pages="220-231",
abstract="Forensic psychiatrists and psychologists are often called on to provide opinions and render testimony in which minor head trauma accompanied by persistent somatic, cognitive, and/or emotional symptoms is alleged. The frequency of persistent symptoms following such minor head injury is generally low. The forensic clinician therefore must differentiate between subtle brain dysfunction, symptom amplification, psychogenic-based causes for the presence of cognitive and other deficits, or frank malingering. The purpose of this article is twofold: first, to review critical issues related to the assessment of malingering and symptom exaggeration in mild head injury cases; and second, to offer a practical model for the assessment of amplified neuropsychological and psychiatric deficits in civil litigants in cases of minor head trauma.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1093-6793",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}