Description: 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 other response styles. Leading experts translate state-of-the-art research into clear, usable strategies for detecting intentional distortions in a wide range of psychological and psychiatric evaluation 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.
New to This Edition*Many new authors and topics.
*Thoroughly updated with current data, research methods, and assessment strategies.
*Chapters on neuropsychological models, culturally competent assessments, psychopathy, and conversion disorder.
*Chapters on psychological testing in child custody cases and in personnel selection/hiring.
Review Quotes: "Akin to the eminence of the late Hervey Cleckley or Robert Hare as authorities on the topic of psychopathy, it is not unreasonable to accord Professor Richard Rogers analogous status as one of the world's leading scholars on the assessment of malingering....Professor Rogers's text and the wealth of knowledge he has compiled from an august collection of contributors should be viewed as a mandatory item for all forensic mental health practitioners." (on the third edition)-- "International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology" (2/1/2010 12:00:00 AM)