ALLMedicine™ Malingering Center

Jun 21st, 2021 - To examine clinical and sociodemographic differences between psychiatric patients suspected of malingering and non-malingering controls in an urban emergency department (ED) setting. We used retrospective chart review to compare 57 psychiatric pat...

Jun 3rd, 2021 - The prevalence of substance use disorders (SUD), particularly involving opiates and benzodiazepines, has increased to the detriment of public health and the economy. Here, we evaluate relapse factors among the high-risk demographic of patients wit...

May 30th, 2021 - This study examined the degree to which verbal and visuospatial memory abilities influence performance validity test (PVT) performance in a mixed clinical pediatric sample. Data from 252 consecutive clinical pediatric cases (Mage=11.23 years, SD=4...

May 21st, 2021 - Objective: Pupil dilation patterns are outside of conscious control and provide information regarding neuropsychological processes related to deception, cognitive effort, and familiarity. This study examined the incremental utility of pupillometry...

May 18th, 2021 - Introduction: While use of performance validity tests (PVTs) has become a standard of practice in neuropsychology, there are differing opinions regarding whether to interpret cognitive test data when standard scores fall within normal limits despi...

Nov 6th, 2017 - The objective of this study is to improve the accuracy of diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in a clinic setting using an EEG device to measure event related potentials. This study will recruit patients who are being seen with a memory complaint or ...

Jun 28th, 2017 - Same as in the brief summary

Sep 1st, 2019 - Bottom Line A patient with factitious disorder stimulates, induces, or aggravates illnesses to gain the status of being a patient. Treatment options include psychiatric care, psychoeducation, or psychotherapy.

Feb 25th, 2019 - My name is Dr Elizabeth Unger and I am chief of CDC's Chronic Viral Diseases Branch, which houses the myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) program. An estimated 836,000 to 2.5 million Americans suffer from ME/CFS, a serious,...

Oct 10th, 2018 - Which of the following was most likely responsible for the patient's cognitive decline and gradual improvement? Your Peers Chose: Surreptitious opioid use in hospital 0% Malingering 0% Hypoxic ischemic cerebral injury 0% Personality disorder 0% Ca...

Aug 3rd, 2018 - Hallucinations likely result from excitatory stimulation, such as an excessive phasic release of endogenous dopamine in schizophrenia,[9,10,11,12] although the duration of the hallucinations and delusions experienced by the patient in this case we...

Apr 26th, 2018 - The commonly accepted cutoff scores for reliable digit span (RDS), a way to measure attention and working memory and assess suboptimal effort, are not appropriate for adults with epilepsy, according to a study of 63 patients with epilepsy or suspe.