Resumen

GONZALEZ ORDI, Héctor; CAPILLA RAMIREZ, Pilar  y  MATALOBOS VEIGA, Blanca. Malingered pain in the medico-legal setting. Clínica y Salud [online]. 2008, vol.19, n.3, pp.393-415. ISSN 2174-0550.

This paper reviews the state-of-the-art of scientific literature on the detection of malingered pain in a medico-legal setting. Based on Bianchini, Greve & Glynn (2005), criteria for detecting malingered pain-related disability, medical and psychological assessment strategies and procedures within a multidimensional framework are addressed, including evidence of external benefits and physical (medical), neuropsychological, and self-report convergent data for the diagnostic of malingering.

Palabras clave : Malingering; Pain; Disability; Diagnostic Criteria; Assessment.

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