title: [The use of credibility criteria in the assessment of somatoform disorders].
abstract: The assessment of psychosomatic illnesses in the context of insurance claims relies to a large extent on self-reports from the claimant. The objectivity of these self-reports is reduced, however, due to disorder-related distorsions and the claims situation. The article provides an overview of the criteria-based content analysis used for judging the credibility of self-reports. This method is already used in the field of forensic psychology. A criteria-based content analysis may also help the medical experts to differentiate between true and false reports and allow them to justify their assessment using empirically validated criteria.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für verhaltens-therapeutische Medizin, Klinikum Staffelstein.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Svitak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Müller-Svitak
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rauh
mesh_terms: D008192:Deception; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D012647:Self-Assessment; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*