Affiliation:
1. Department of Psychology University of North Texas Denton Texas USA
2. Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville Virginia USA
3. Forensic Psychologist at the Office of Forensic Mental Health Services (OFMHS) in Tacoma Olympia Washington USA
Abstract
AbstractForensic practitioners must shoulder special responsibilities when evaluating over‐stated pathology (e.g., malingering) as well as simulated adjustment. Such determinations may modify or even override other clinical findings. As a result, practitioners must be alert to their own misassumptions that may unintentionally bias their conclusions about response styles. Detection strategies for malingering—based on unlikely or markedly amplified presentations—are highlighted in this article. Given page constraints, assessment methods for feigning are succinctly presented with their applications to administrative, civil, and criminal referrals.
Subject
Law,Psychiatry and Mental health,Clinical Psychology