Clinical Assessment of Malingering and Deception, Fourth Edition

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Widely used by practitioners, researchers, and students--and now thoroughly revised with 70% new material--this is the most authoritative, comprehensive book on malingering and related response styles. Leading experts translate state-of-the-art research into clear, usable strategies for detecting deception in a wide range of psychological and psychiatric assessment contexts, including forensic settings. The book examines dissimulation across multiple domains: mental disorders, cognitive impairments, and medical complaints. It describes and critically evaluates evidence-based applications of multiscale inventories, other psychological measures, and specialized methods. Applications are discussed for specific populations, such as sex offenders, children and adolescents, and law enforcement personnel. ÿ New to This Edition *Many new authors and topics. *Thoroughly updated with current data, research methods, and assessment strategies. *Chapters on feigned neuropsychological deficits, culturally competent assessments, psychopathy, conversion disorder, and addressing malingering as an expert witness. *Chapters on psychological testing in child custody cases and in personnel selection/hiring. ÿ ÿ

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