Rogers Richard, Bender Scott D. (eds.) Clinical Assessment of Malingering and Deception

4th edition. — The Guilford Press, 2018. — 673 p. — ISBN: 9781462533497Widely 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.Conceptual Framework
An Introduction to Response Styles
Detection Strategies for Malingering and Defensiveness
Neuropsychological Models of Feigned Cognitive Deficits
Beyond Borders: Cultural and Transnational Perspectives of Feigning and Other Response Styles
Diagnostic Issues
Syndromes Associated with Deception
Malingered Psychosis
Malingered Traumatic Brain Injury
Denial and Misreporting of Substance Abuse
Psychopathy and Deception
The Malingering of Posttraumatic Disorders
Factitious Disorders in Medical and Psychiatric Practices
Conversion Disorder and Illness Deception
Feigned Medical Presentations
Psychometric Methods
Assessment of Malingering and Defensiveness on the MMPI-2 and MMPI-2-RF
Response Style on the Personality Assessment Inventory and Other Multiscale Inventories
Dissimulation on Projective Measures: An Updated Appraisal of a Very Old Question
Feigned Amnesia and Memory
Assessment of Feigned Cognitive Impairment Using Standard Neuropsychological Tests
Specialized Methods
Assessing Deception: Polygraph Techniques and Integrity Testing
Recovered Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Detection of Deception in Sex Offenders
Structured Interviews and Dissimulation
Brief Measures for the Detection of Feigning and Impression Management
Specialized Applications
Deception in Children and Adolescents
Use of Psychological Tests in Child Custody Evaluations: Effects of Validity Scale Scores on Evaluator Confidence in Interpreting Clinical Scales
Malingering: Considerations in Reporting and Testifying about Assessment Results
Evaluating Deceptive Impression Management in the Workplace
Assessment of Law Enforcement Personnel: The Role of Response StylesCurrent Status of the Clinical Assessment of Response Styles
Researching Response Styles