Multimodal Approach to Identifying Malingered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Review

Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience

Shahid Ali¹  Shagufta Jabeen¹  Farzana Alam¹ 

[1] Dr. Ali is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee; Dr. Jabeen is Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University and Staff Psychiatrist, Veterans Administration Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee; Dr. Alam is from Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee

关键词: Malingering;    posttraumatic stress sisorder;    PTSD;    malingered PTSD;    factitious disorder;    Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders;   

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学科分类：精神健康和精神病学

来源: Matrix Medical Communications, LLC

【 摘 要 】

The primary aim of this article is to aid clinicians in differentiating true posttraumatic stress disorder from malingered posttraumatic stress disorder. Posttraumatic stress disorder and malingering are defined, and prevalence rates are explored. Similarities and differences in diagnostic criteria between the fourth and fifth editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders are described for posttraumatic stress disorder. Possible motivations for malingering posttraumatic stress disorder are discussed, and common characteristics of malingered posttraumatic stress disorder are described. A multimodal approach is described for evaluating posttraumatic stress disorder, including interview techniques, collection of collateral data, and psychometric and physiologic testing, that should allow clinicians to distinguish between those patients who are truly suffering from posttraumatic disorder and those who are malingering the illness.

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