However, the real scenarios (clinical or forensic) are often very challenging because of the presence of genuine patients, so that tests accuracy frequently differs from that one obtained in well-controlled experimental settings. These instruments are often validated by Simulation Design (SD) protocols, where normal participants are explicitly requested to either simulate a mental disorder or respond honestly. Several psychometric tests have been proposed to detect malingering. PeerJ 6: e5259 Ĭriminal defendants may often exaggerate psychiatric symptoms either to appear non-accountable for their actions or to mitigate their imprisonment.
Detecting malingering mental illness in forensics: Known-Group Comparison and Simulation Design with MMPI-2, SIMS and NIM. Cite this article De Marchi B, Balboni G. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. 2 Department of Philosophy, Social and Human Sciences and Education, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy DOI 10.7717/peerj.5259 Published Accepted Received Academic Editor Anna Borghi Subject Areas Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Psychology, Legal Issues Keywords Malingering, Forensics, Psychometric tests, Psychopathology Copyright © 2018 De Marchi and Balboni Licence This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed.
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