My favorite tips for detecting malingering and violence risk.
This article presents specific tips for detecting malingering and the risk of violence. Specific topics include detailed inquiry into symptoms, endorsement of bogus symptoms, and confrontation of a patient with a paranoid persecutor. It ends with strategic tips and an illustrative dialogue showing how these tips can be implemented in practice.
Resnick
Phillip J
PJ
Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. phillip.resnick@cwru.edu
D003415:Crime; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods*; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*