Rövid leírás:
This book is a comprehensive review by experts of the procedures available to evaluate malingered neuropsychological deficits.
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Hosszú leírás:
Written specifically for the clinical neuropsychologist who does forensic consultations, the book is a comprehensive review by experts of the procedures available to evaluate malingered neuropsychological deficits. It discusses tools for detecting atypical patterns of performance on standard clinical tests as well as malingering on measures of perception and sensorimotor function, of attention, processing speed, and memory, and of executive function. The underpinnings of the forensic neuropsychology enterprise are presented in chapters on definitions of malingering, research designs for its evaluation, data on the frequency with which malingering occurs, diagnostic classification statistics, symptom validity tests that do not depend on forced choice testing, and those that do. Guidance on assessing exaggerated psychiatric symptoms; exaggerated medical symptoms and injuries; and detecting malingering during the neurological exam is also included. Of particular note is a chapter devoted to the topic of coaching. The book closes with a review of the diagnostic criteria for malingering and looks to the future with evidence-based proposals for improving the criteria.
Given the explosion of civil litigation and applications for Social Security disability, there is a need for cutting-edge information to guide those conducting these very important evaluations. This book covers the topic well.
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Tartalomjegyzék:
Introduction: Malingering, Research Designs, and Base Rates
Diagnostic Classification Statistics and Diagnositc Validity of Malingering Assessment
Non-forced Choice Effort Measures
Forced Choice Recognition Tests of Malingering
Identification of Malingering By Pattern Analysis on Neuropsychological Tests
Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual-Motor Pseudoabnormalities
Performance on Standard Attention, Memory, and Psychomotor Speed Tasks as Indicators of Malingering
Detection of Cognitive Malingering with Tests of Executive Function
Detection of Feigned Psychiatric Symptoms During Forensic Neuropsychological Examinations
Evaluation of Exaggerated Health and Injury Symptomatology
Coaching and Malingering: A Review
Features of the neurological evaluation that suggest non-credible performance
Refining Diagnostic Criteria for Malingering
