Diagnostic Criteria for Malingered Neurocognitive Dysfunction: Proposed Standards for Clinical Practice and Research

Over the past 10 years, widespread and concerted research efforts have led to increasingly sophisticated and efficient methods and instruments for detecting exaggeration or fabrication of cognitive dysfunction. Despite these psychometric advances, the process of diagnosing malingering remains diffic...

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Published in:Clinical neuropsychologist 1999-11, Vol.13 (4), p.545-561
Main Authors: Slick, Daniel J., Sherman, Elisabeth M.S., Iverson, Grant L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - psychology
Conversion Disorder - diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Factitious Disorders - diagnosis
Humans
Malingering - diagnosis
Malingering - psychology
Neuropsychological Tests
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Reference Standards
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Summary:Over the past 10 years, widespread and concerted research efforts have led to increasingly sophisticated and efficient methods and instruments for detecting exaggeration or fabrication of cognitive dysfunction. Despite these psychometric advances, the process of diagnosing malingering remains difficult and largely idiosyncratic. This article presents a proposed set of diagnostic criteria that define psychometric, behavioral, and collateral data indicative of possible, probable, and definite malingering of cognitive dysfunction, for use in clinical practice and for defining populations for clinical research. Relevant literature is reviewed, and limitations and benefits of the proposed criteria are discussed.
ISSN:1385-4046
1744-4144
DOI:10.1076/1385-4046(199911)13:04;1-Y;FT545