PSYC 379 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Factitious Disorder, Malingering, Antisocial Personality Disorder

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 379
• Professor: Sarah Mordell

Document Summary

Reading 2: forensic assessment of malingering (rogers, r. , & vitacco, m. , 2002) and related response styles: malingering and related response styles. Malingering: intentional production of false or grossly exaggerated physical or psychological symptoms: producing symptoms must be voluntary, motivations (increased attention) assessed externally. Factitious disorders: intentionally producing physical or psychological symptoms to become a patient: voluntary symptoms to satisfy psychic needs (involuntary) Secondary gain: clinical construct posits either unintentional (psychodynamic and behavioural perspectives) or intentional (forensic perspective) rewarding and perpetuation of a patient"s disability. Irrelevant responding: response style whereby the patient does not become involved in the assessment process: replies are unrelated to content of the clinical inquiries, reasons for irrelevant responding: lack of motivation, illiteracy, psychotic interference, oppositionality, malingered confusion. Defensiveness: response style that is polar opposite of malingering. Defensiveness occurs when patient intentionally denies or grossly minimizes physical or psychological symptoms in order to meet external goal.