Clinical utility of the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory validity scales to screen for symptom exaggeration following traumatic brain injury

Findings provide support for the use of the Validity-10 scale as a screening tool for possible symptom exaggeration and recommend that researchers and clinicians do not interpret responses on the NSI, and clinicians follow up with a more detailed evaluation to seek confirmatory evidence to support an hypothesis of symptom exaggeration.