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13680432

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-18
pubmed:abstractText
In two litigating patients with histories of severe brain injury (i.e., coma > or =2 days and residual brain imaging abnormalities), noncredible cognitive symptomatology was demonstrated by: (1) "failed" performance on multiple cognitive "effort" tests, (2) noncredible performance on standard neuropsychological instruments, (3) questionable validity of personality inventory profiles, and (4) marked inconsistency in test performance across testing evaluations or marked inconsistency between test scores and activities of daily living documented through surveillance videotapes. Some patients with severe traumatic brain injury show substantial, if not full recovery, and in a litigating context, may feign cognitive symptoms. These cases indicate that tests to verify cognitive effort should be routinely administered to all patients in litigation or who have other motive to feign symptoms, not just patients with mild or questionable brain injury.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1385-4046
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
244-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-6-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Noncredible cognitive performance in the context of severe brain injury.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90509, USA. kboone@rei.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports