"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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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Malingering" by people in Profiles.
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Difficult Discharge in the Context of Suspected Malingering: Reflections on the Value of Epistemic and Professional Independence. Narrat Inq Bioeth. 2024; 14(1):59-66.
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Cognitive "success" in the setting of performance validity test failure. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2024 02; 46(1):46-54.
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Embedded cognitive and emotional/affective self-reported symptom validity indices on the patient competency rating scale. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2022 10; 44(8):533-549.
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Validity of informant report interpretations: Role of examinee performance and symptom invalidity. Psychol Assess. 2022 Feb; 34(2):125-138.
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When Time is of the Essence: Preliminary Findings for a Quick Administration of the Dot Counting Test. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2021 Apr 21; 36(3):403-413.
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Racial and Gender Disparities in Diagnosis of Malingering in Clinical Settings. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020 12; 7(6):1117-1123.
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Minimizing evaluation time while maintaining accuracy: Cross-validation of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) Trial 1 and first 10-item errors as briefer performance validity tests. Psychol Assess. 2020 May; 32(5):442-450.
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Evaluation of the classification accuracy of multiple performance validity tests in a mixed clinical sample. Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2021 Nov-Dec; 28(6):727-736.
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Cross-validation of three Advanced Clinical Solutions performance validity tests: Examining combinations of measures to maximize classification of invalid performance. Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2021 Jan-Feb; 28(1):24-34.
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Convergent, Discriminant, and Concurrent Validity of Nonmemory-Based Performance Validity Tests. Assessment. 2020 10; 27(7):1399-1415.