About the Book
Clinical neuropsychologists frequently evaluate individuals within a forensic context, and therefore must address questions regarding the possible presence of reduced effort, response bias and/or malingering. This volume offers a wide range of instructive real-world case examples involving the complex differential diagnosis where symptom exaggeration and/or malingering cloud the picture.
Written by expert forensic neuropsychologists, the scenarios described provide informed, empirically-based and scientifically-derived opinions on the topic. Issues related to malingering, such as response bias and insufficient effort, are discussed thoroughly with regard to a large number of clinical conditions and assessment instruments. Test data and non-test information are considered and integrated by the numerous experts.
Expert guidance for clinicians who must address the issue of malingering is provided in a straightforward and well-organized format. To date, there has not been a comparable collection of rich case material relevant to forensic practice in clinical neuropsychology.
Table of Contents:
R.K. Heaton, Foreword. Part 1. Foundations of Malingering in Neuropsychology. J.J. Sweet, Neuropsychology and the Law: Malingering Assessment in Perspective. W.G. van Gorp, J. Hassenstab, Why Questions Regarding Effort and Malingering are Always Raised in Forensic Neuropsychological Evaluations. S.R. Millis, What Clinicians Really Need to Know about Symptom Exaggeration, Insufficient Effort, and Malingering: Statistical and Measurement Matters. Part 2. Civil Litigation. Traumatic Brain Injury in Adults. R.D. Vanderploeg, H.G. Belanger, Multifactorial Contributions to Questionable Effort and Test Performance within a Military Context. G.J. Larrabee, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Depression, or Malingered Neurocognitive Dysfunction: Change in Zeitgeist, Change in Diagnosis. M.F. Greiffenstein, Factitious or Fictitious Brain Injury? An Adventure in Applying the DSM–IV. W. Mittenberg, D. Roberts, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Civil Litigation. L.M. Binder, Malingering Brain Injury after Whiplash Trauma. W.J. Baker, Brain Trauma, Psychiatric Disturbance, Premorbid Factors, and Malingering. C. Paniak, Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Probable Malingering ... and then Not. Psychiatric and Medical Disorders. J.E. Morgan, R.O. Gervais, Definite Malingering or Probable Malingering: Multidimensional Symptom Exaggeration in a Case of Depression. P. Green, Questioning Common Assumptions about Depression. R. Rogers, S.D. Bender, Feigning Mental Disorders with Concomitant Cognitive Deficits. J.J. Sweet, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Neuropsychological Malingering: A Complicated Scenario. D.T.R. Berry, R.P. Granacher, Jr., Feigning of Psychiatric Symptoms in the Context of Documented Severe Head Injury and Preserved Motivation on Neuropsychological Testing. B.N. Axelrod, Fabrication of Psychiatric Symptoms: Somatoform and Psychotic Disorders. N.W. Nelson, J.J. Sweet, Malingering of Psychiatric Disorders in Neuropsychological Evaluations: Divergence of Cognitive Effort Measures and Psychological Test Validity Indicators. L. Artiola i Fortuny, Factitious Disorder in Civil Litigation. J.E. Morgan, S.R. Millis, J. Mesnik, Malingered Dementia and Feigned Psychosis. Difficult to Diagnose or Questionable Conditions. J. DeLuca, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Malingering. J. Youngjohn, Lyme Disease: Consideration of Malingered Disability. R.O. Gervais, Fibromyalgia: Resignation, Restitution, and Response Bias. P.R. Lees-Haley, Mold and the Joy of Malingering. L. Artiola i Fortuny, Alleged Mold Toxicity. K.J. Bianchini, K.W. Greve, Chronic Pain as a Context for Malingering. D.S. Bush, Alleged Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. R.L. Mapou, HIV Disease, AIDS, and HIV-Associated Dementia in a Secondary Gain Context. N. Pliskin, Electrical Injury and Malingered Cognitive Dysfunction. Pediatric and Learning/Academic Disorders. L. Flaro, K.B. Boone, Using Objective Effort Measures to Detect Noncredible Test Performance in Children and Adolescents. R.J. McCaffery, J.K. Lynch, Malingering Following Documented Brain Injury: Neuropsychological Evaluation of Children in a Forensic Setting. D.C. Osmon, Q. R. Mano, Malingered Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Effort, Depression, and Dependence in the Pursuit of Academic Accommodations. Part 3. Criminal Prosecution. J.E. Morgan, Competency to Stand Trial and the Insanity Defense. R.L. Denney, Evaluating Competency to Stand Trial and Sanity in the Face of Marked Amnesia and Claimed Psychosis. R. Frederick, The Malingering Incompetent Defendant. R.L. Heilbronner, Malingering, Mental Retardation, and the Death Penalty. Part 4. The Perspective of Legal Experts and Disability Decision Makers. J. Green, Disability Insurance Case Management: External Consultant. J.E. Sargent, M. Fuller, Disability Insurance Case Management: Insurance Company. M.D. DeBofsky, Social Security Adjudication: Attorney Representing Disability Claimants. H.G. Conroe, Social Security Adjudication: Regional Consultant. J. Krakora, Criminal Court: Defense Attorney. Part 5. Ethics and Professional Issues. J.D. Seward, D.J. Connor, Ethical Issues in Assigning (or Withholding) a Diagnosis of Malingering. S.S. Bush, What to do after Making a Determination of Malingering. Part 6. Current Status and Future Directions. M. Bergman, J.J. Sweet, Complexities of the Differential Diagnosis of Malingering: Arguments for the Use of Effort Tests with Patients. J.J. Sweet, J.E. Morgan, What We Currently Know About Malingering "to a Reasonable Degree of Neuropsychological Certainty" vs. What We Would Like to Know in the Future. Appendices. J.J. Sweet, Appendix A: Measures Specifically Intended to Detect Insufficient Effort and Motivation: A Cross-Referenced Bibliography. Appendix B: Neuropsychological and Psychological Measures Used to Identify Insufficient Effort and Malingering: A Cross-Referenced Bibliography. Appendix C: Additional Articles Pertinent to Malingering. Appendix D: Topics Common to Forensic Neuropsychology Consultation. Appendix E: General References. D.J. Slick, E.M.S. Sherman, G.I. Iverson, Appendix F: Diagnostic Criteria for Malingered Neurocognitive Dysfunction: Proposed Standards for Clinical Practice and Research (reprinted from The Clinical Neuropsychologist).
