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Compensation seeking status and psychometric assessment of combat veterans seeking treatment for PTSD.
J Trauma Stress. 1996 Jul; 9(3):427-39.JT

Abstract

Examined differences between compensation seeking (CS) veterans and noncompensation seeking (NCS) veterans on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) and other psychological measures in 142 combat veterans evaluated for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at an outpatient Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital PTSD clinic. Patients were grouped on the basis of their compensation seeking status, with 69% classified as CS for PTSD. The CS veterans achieved significantly more pathological scores across a wide range of psychological inventories and MMPI-2 validity indices, although they did not differ in frequency of PTSD diagnoses from NCS veterans. Implications of these findings are discussed, and clinicians are advised to be aware of the compensation seeking status of combat-veterans being evaluated for PTSD.

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Frueh BC
Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29401-5799, USA.
Smith DW
No affiliation info available
Barker SE
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdultCombat DisordersDiagnosis, DifferentialEligibility DeterminationHumansMMPIMaleMalingeringMiddle AgedPsychometricsUnited StatesVeteransVeterans Disability ClaimsVietnam

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

8827647

Citation

Frueh, B C., et al. "Compensation Seeking Status and Psychometric Assessment of Combat Veterans Seeking Treatment for PTSD." Journal of Traumatic Stress, vol. 9, no. 3, 1996, pp. 427-39.
Frueh BC, Smith DW, Barker SE. Compensation seeking status and psychometric assessment of combat veterans seeking treatment for PTSD. J Trauma Stress. 1996;9(3):427-39.
Frueh, B. C., Smith, D. W., & Barker, S. E. (1996). Compensation seeking status and psychometric assessment of combat veterans seeking treatment for PTSD. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 9(3), 427-39.
Frueh BC, Smith DW, Barker SE. Compensation Seeking Status and Psychometric Assessment of Combat Veterans Seeking Treatment for PTSD. J Trauma Stress. 1996;9(3):427-39. PubMed PMID: 8827647.
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