TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - A practical method for the evaluation of symptom exaggeration in minor head trauma among civil litigants
JO  - The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
A1  - Sreenivasan, Shoba
A1  - Eth, Spencer
A1  - Kirkish, Patricia
A1  - Garrick, Thomas
SP  - 220
EP  - 231
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1093-6793
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -