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Psychometric detection of fabricated symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.

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Fairbank, JA; McCaffrey, RJ; Keane, TM
Published in: Am J Psychiatry
April 1985

Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and two groups instructed to fabricate its symptoms completed the MMPI. A discriminant function analysis of selected scale scores and an empirically derived decision rule successfully classified over 90% of the subjects.

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Am J Psychiatry

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0002-953X

Publication Date

April 1985

Volume

142

Issue

4

Start / End Page

501 / 503

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans Disability Claims
  • United States
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Psychometrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Male
  • MMPI
  • Humans
  • Factitious Disorders
  • Diagnosis, Differential
 

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Fairbank, J. A., McCaffrey, R. J., & Keane, T. M. (1985). Psychometric detection of fabricated symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Am J Psychiatry, 142(4), 501–503. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.4.501
Fairbank, J. A., R. J. McCaffrey, and T. M. Keane. “Psychometric detection of fabricated symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.Am J Psychiatry 142, no. 4 (April 1985): 501–3. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.4.501.
Fairbank JA, McCaffrey RJ, Keane TM. Psychometric detection of fabricated symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 1985 Apr;142(4):501–3.
Fairbank, J. A., et al. “Psychometric detection of fabricated symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.Am J Psychiatry, vol. 142, no. 4, Apr. 1985, pp. 501–03. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/ajp.142.4.501.
Fairbank JA, McCaffrey RJ, Keane TM. Psychometric detection of fabricated symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 1985 Apr;142(4):501–503.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Psychiatry

DOI

ISSN

0002-953X

Publication Date

April 1985

Volume

142

Issue

4

Start / End Page

501 / 503

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans Disability Claims
  • United States
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
  • Psychometrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Male
  • MMPI
  • Humans
  • Factitious Disorders
  • Diagnosis, Differential