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The detection of malingered mental illness
Author(s) -
Resnick Phillip J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/bsl.2370020104
Subject(s) - malingering , mental illness , psychology , psychiatry , forensic psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine , mental health
Clinical approaches to the detection of malingering are examined from the perspectives of both the general practitioner and forensic examiner. Specific strategies for identifying malingering patients is presented with particular attention to psychoses and post‐traumatic stress disorders.