Publications by authors named "Bailey Cation"
: The base rate of neuropsychological performance invalidity in electrical injury, a clinically-distinct and frequently compensation-seeking population, is not well established. This study determined the base rate of performance invalidity in a large electrical injury sample, and examined patient characteristics, injury parameters, and neuropsychological test performance based on validity status.: This cross-sectional study included data from 101 patients with electrical injury consecutively referred for post-acute neuropsychological evaluation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: Previous studies of neuropsychological performance in electrical injury (EI) patients have produced evidence of deficits in various cognitive domains, but studies have yet to investigate relationships among performance in cognitive domains post-EI. This study examined whether dispersion among neuropsychological test scores was associated with injury parameters and neuropsychological performance in EI patients. Additionally, we examined whether dispersion, processing speed and/or executive abilities explain variance in episodic verbal and visual memory performance among EI patients.
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- Electrical injury (EI) leads to unique cognitive and sensory issues that are not commonly seen in other medical populations, prompting this study to assess how EI patients perform on the MMPI-2-RF personality test.
- The research included 62 EI patients, with a focus on 46 who showed valid symptom reporting; findings revealed that valid EI patients scored significantly higher on several validity scales, suggesting greater reporting of sensory and cognitive disturbances.
- It was concluded that the MMPI-2-RF results reflect legitimate EI-related symptoms rather than over-reporting, highlighting the need for neuropsychologists to accurately interpret these patterns to avoid misjudging credible patients.