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Original Articles

Evaluating the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) over-reporting scales in a military neuropsychology clinic

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Pages 263-273 | Received 28 May 2019, Accepted 13 Dec 2019, Published online: 03 Jan 2020

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