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Malingering, Feigning, and Response Bias in Psychiatric/ Psychological Injury pp 455–470Cite as

MTBI and Pain

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This chapter considers two major psychological injuries (MTBI, chronic pain) that have been discussed in the book, but not yet in terms of their nature and implications for disability. Therefore, for each of the two parts of the chapter, on MTBI (mild traumatic brain injury) and on chronic pain, there are two major sections, one on the nature of the psychological injury and malingering and one on testing and outcome/disability. For TBI (traumatic brain injury), the issues section deals with the definition of MTBI and whether there are pathophysiological effects. It considers persistent post-concussive syndrome (PPCS) and its validity. It moves to evaluating malingering for these persistent complaints. Then, it looks at models of factors that need to be considered in evaluating outcome. For pain, the chapter first considers a biopsychosocial model and malingering, and then a model of factors in disability and testing.

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Young, G. (2014). MTBI and Pain. In: Malingering, Feigning, and Response Bias in Psychiatric/ Psychological Injury. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 56. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7899-3_18

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