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 See also: **[[https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/malingering-key-points-assessment|Lebourgeois III, H. W. (2007). Malingering: Key points in assessment. Psychiatric Times, 24(5), 21-21.]]**
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+===== Detecting Malingering =====
+  * Even health professionals and professional "lie detectors" (e.g. - police officers, judges, border officers) are very poor at detecting malingering in most cases.[([[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6308182/|Walczyk, J. J., Sewell, N., & DiBenedetto, M. B. (2018). A review of approaches to detecting malingering in forensic contexts and promising cognitive load-inducing lie detection techniques. Frontiers in psychiatry, 9, 700.]])]
+  * More structured and detailed psychometric testing may aid in improving detection, using detailed tests such as the:
+    * Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS)
+    * Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Revised (MMPI-2)
+    * Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test (M-FAST)
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   * Tests of Memory Malingering (TOMM)[([[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6308182/|Walczyk, J. J., Sewell, N., & DiBenedetto, M. B. (2018). A review of approaches to detecting malingering in forensic contexts and promising cognitive load-inducing lie detection techniques. Frontiers in psychiatry, 9, 700.]])]
   * Rey Fifteen-Item Test (FIT)
+    * With this test, the clinicians detects whether there is a “floor effect”, which assumes the individual attempting to malinger will fail at a task which even a grossly impaired individuals are likely to perform adequately.
   * Word Memory Test (WMT)