Performance Validity and Malingering – Member fee

Learn how to detect invalid performance and symptoms in patients referred for:

• Brain injury assessments for personal injury and/or medical negligence claims;
• Disability assessments;
• ADHD assessments (with the aim of receiving stimulant medication);
• Criminal liability assessments;
• Competence to stand trial;
• Pain and fatigue-related medical disorders and
• Psychiatric assessments.

Find out:

• How common misperceptions of brain functioning can alert psychologists to feigned cognitive impairment;

• What behavioural signs should raise suspicion of invalid performance;
• If/how/from what age children can successfully feign cognitive impairment (and why);
• How language, level and quality of education affects performance validity tests; and
• Acceptable and unacceptable criteria for the conclusion of invalid performance and/or symptom exaggeration.

Receive tips on:

• Addressing suspected performance and symptom invalidity in reports;

• Giving feedback about suspected malingering/insufficient effort to patients and
• The importance of treating patients with respect despite suspected invalid performance.