"Malingering" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Simulation of symptoms of illness or injury with intent to deceive in order to obtain a goal, e.g., a claim of physical illness to avoid jury duty.
| Descriptor ID |
D008306
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.126.925
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Malingering" by people in Profiles.
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Self-reported disability-seeking predicts PVT failure in veterans undergoing clinical neuropsychological evaluation. Clin Neuropsychol. 2023 02; 37(2):387-401.
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The association between clinicians' initial judgments of feigning and outcomes on symptom validity measures among pretrial forensic psychiatric inpatients. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2021 May-Jun; 76:101698.
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Effects of Distraction on Performance Validity: A Pilot Study with Veterans. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2019 Nov 27; 34(8):1432-1437.
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When 10 is enough: Errors on the first 10 items of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMMe10) and administration time predict freestanding performance validity tests (PVTs) and underperformance on memory measures. Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2021 Jan-Feb; 28(1):35-47.
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Symptom and performance validity with veterans assessed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Psychol Assess. 2017 Dec; 29(12):1458-1465.
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Cost of malingering mild traumatic brain injury-related cognitive deficits during compensation and pension evaluations in the veterans benefits administration. Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2019 Jan-Feb; 26(1):1-16.
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An Intervention to Decrease the Occurrence of Invalid Data on Neuropsychological Evaluation. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2017 Mar 01; 32(2):228-237.
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Improving the Detection of Feigned Knowledge Deficits in Defendants Adjudicated Incompetent to Stand Trial. Assessment. 2017 Mar; 24(2):232-243.
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TOMM Trial 1 as a performance validity indicator in a criminal forensic sample. Clin Neuropsychol. 2017 01; 31(1):251-267.
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Likelihood of obtaining Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS) and SIRS-2 elevations among forensic psychiatric inpatients with screening elevations on the Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test. Psychol Assess. 2016 12; 28(12):1586-1596.