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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460871603321

Titolo

Psychological testing in the service of disability determination / / Committee on Psychological Testing, Including Validity Testing, for Social Security Administration Disability Determinations, Board on the Health of Select Populations, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-309-37091-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

362.40973

Soggetti

Psychiatric disability evaluation - United States

People with disabilities - Psychological testing - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter; Reviewers; Preface; Contents; Boxes, Figures, and Tables; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Disability Evaluation and the Use of Psychological Tests; 3 Overview of Psychological Testing; 4 Self-Report Measures and Symptom Validity Tests; 5 Cognitive Tests and Performance Validity Tests; 6 Economic Considerations; 7 Conclusions and Recommendations; Appendix A: Public Workshop Agendas; Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; Appendix C: Glossary