Differential Diagnosis of Malingering Versus Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.

Intro -- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MALINGERING VERSUS POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE SCIENTIFIC METHODS -- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MALINGERING VERSUS POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVE SCIENTIFIC METHODS -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- ABSTRACT -- PART I. BACKGROUND ISSUES IN MILITARY PSYCHIATRY -- FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES IN THE ROLE OF MILITARY PSYCHIATRY IN DETECTING MALINGERING -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFINITION -- RESPONSIBILITIES AND DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE OF MILITARY PSYCHIATRISTS -- BRIEF HISTORICAL FRAMEWORK -- INCIDENCE OF MALINGERING -- IMPACT OF MALINGERING -- PHYSICIAN'S ATTITUDES ON MALINGERING AND A RATIONAL PERSPECTIVE -- PROBLEMATIC ISSUES IN ASSESSING MALINGERED PTSD -- LIMITATIONS IN DETECTING MALINGERING BY CLINICAL INTERVIEW ALONE -- LACK OF ADHERENCE TO, AND VERIFICATION OF, CRITERION A AND CRITERION F -- RELIANCE ON THE ACCURACY OF PATIENTS' MEMORIES OF TRAUMATIC EVENTS -- FALSE BELIEFS REGARDING MILITARY PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES FOR DOCUMENTING COMBAT OPERATIONS -- FALSE BELIEFS REGARDING HOW MILITARY PERSONNEL ARE ASSIGNED JOB CLASSIFICATION AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS -- FALSE BELIEF THAT MILITARY RECORDS OF VIETNAM VETERANS WERE DESTROYED IN A FIRE -- RELIANCE ON PUBLISHED RESEARCH THAT IS BIASED, PROBLEMATIC, OR INCOMPLETE -- OVERCONFIDENCE IN PHYSIOLOGICAL OR MEDICAL NEUROIMAGING TEST RESULTS -- USE OF FACE-VALID SELF REPORT MEASURES OF PTSD -- FAILURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR IDENTIFY INVALID TEST PERFORMANCE -- REALISTIC PROFESSIONAL AND INTRINSIC NEEDS OF PHYSICIAN -- ALTRUISM -- RESTRICTED CLINICAL EXPERIENCE AND CONFIRMATORY BIASES -- NONCRITICAL ACCEPTANCE OF PREVIOUS DIAGNOSIS -- FAILURE TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE DIAGNOSES THAT MAY RESULT FROM TRAUMA.

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES: SEPARATING MALINGERING FROM FACTITIOUS AND SOMATOFORM DISORDERS -- MISUNDERSTANDING OF HOW MALINGERING IS INFERRED -- BINARY CLASSIFICATION OF NON-EXCLUSIONARY DATA -- PART II. STATISTICAL METHODS AND PSYCHOMETRIC TESTS TO DETECT MALINGERING -- RATIONALE AND STATISTICAL METHODS TO DETECT SIMULATED PTSD -- DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ANALOG AND KNOWN-GROUPS DESIGN IN DETECTING DECEPTION -- STATISTICAL METHODS TO AUGMENT THE USE OF PSYCHOMETRIC TESTS -- Sensitivity and Specificity -- Positive Predictive Value and Negative Predictive Value -- Likelihood Ratios -- Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve -- Binomial Distribution -- Statistical Averaging in the Use of Multiple Tests to Improve Detection of Malingering -- Bayesian Analyses -- SUMMARY OF STATISTICAL METHODS TO DETECT MALINGERING -- PSYCHOMETRIC TESTS TO DIFFERENTIATE VALID AND INVALID RESPONSE PATTERNS FOR PTSD -- STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEWS -- Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptom Test -- Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms -- VALIDITY SCALES WITHIN TESTS OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY -- Trauma Symptom Inventory -- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2nd Edition -- Personality Assessment Inventory -- TWO-ALTERNATIVE FORCED-CHOICE PARADIGM TO DETECT SIMULATED PTSD -- Morel Emotional Numbing Test for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- GENERAL CAUTIONS IN THE USE OF SYMPTOM VALIDITY MEASURES OF MALINGERED PSYCHOPATHOLOGY -- SUMMARY OF PSYCHOMETRIC PROCEDURES TO DETECT SIMULATED PTSD -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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