Clinical Assessment of Malingering and Deception

by Richard Rogers (Editor), Scott D. Bender (Editor)

Widely used by practitioners, researchers, and students--and now thoroughly revised with 70% new material--this is the most authoritative, comprehensive book on malingering and other response styles. Leading experts translate state-of-the-art research into clear, usable strategies for detecting intentional distortions in a wide range of psychological and psychiatric evaluation contexts, including forensic settings. The book examines dissimulation across multiple domains: mental disorders, cognitive impairments, and medical complaints. It describes and critically evaluates evidence-based applications of multiscale inventories, other psychological measures, and specialized methods. Applications are discussed for specific populations, such as sex offenders, children and adolescents, and law enforcement personnel.
 
New to This Edition
*Many new authors and topics.
*Thoroughly updated with current data, research methods, and assessment strategies.
*Chapters on neuropsychological models, culturally competent assessments, psychopathy, and conversion disorder.
*Chapters on psychological testing in child custody cases and in personnel selection/hiring.
 
 

Genres: Psychology, Psychiatry

656 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Richard Rogers, Ph.D, ABPP (Forensic Psychology) is Regents Professor of clinical psychology at the University of North Texas (Denton, TX). Dr. Rogers' research interests include: forensic evaluation (Miranda, competency to stand trial, insanity), validation of structured interviews, and psychological assessment.

Academic profile: http://psychology.unt.edu/faculty/ric...

Reviews

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

The most useful professional text I have read to date.

[Ellis Amdur · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not an easy read, but absolutely excellent information – on both clinical (unstructured interview) and psychometric evaluation methods (structured interview methods) to detect malingering and deception of mental illness. This book is particularly strong in information for distinguishing between malingered and genuine psychosis. An absolutely essential text for anyone concerned with forensic interviewing.

[Brendon Richey · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you perform emergency psychiatric evaluations or forensic interviews, you would benefit from reading this book. To use a colloquial phrase, it is a gospel.