Publications by authors named "Sandy K Tadrous-Furnanz"
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on Veterans admitted for possible seizures, examining the relationship between psychiatric disorders and the failure of symptom validity tests (SVTs) and a performance validity test (PVT).
- Out of 254 participants, a significant percentage showed symptom exaggeration, with 27.6%-32.7% invalidating their MMPI-2-RF results, and 15.4% failing the TOMM, linking these failures to higher rates of psychiatric disorders.
- The findings advocate for the use of SVTs and PVTs in clinical settings, highlighting the need for careful assessment of psychiatric conditions, especially when symptoms are exaggerated or testing performance is invalid.
Objective: To assess the validity of embedded measures of performance validity, the effort index (EI) and effort scale (ES) of the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status (RBANS), in Veterans with seizures; to compare the frequency of failure on the test of memory malingering (TOMM) in patients with epileptic versus psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES).
Methods: Seizure diagnosis was established for 309 participants in epilepsy monitoring units using conventional diagnostic criteria who completed both the TOMM and RBANS. The criterion for performance invalidity was failure on any trial of the TOMM.