Malingered ADHD Evaluations

Malingering, as a psychiatric concept, is defined as the “intentional production of false or grossly exag- gerated physical or psychological symptoms, mo-.

Detection of malingering in assessment of adult ADHD - ScienceDirect

The purpose of this study is to examine diagnostic tools used in the assessment of adult ADHD and to determine whether differences can be found to alert ...

Malingering and Stimulant Medications Abuse, Misuse and Diversion

It appears that SVTs can be useful in detecting malingered ADHD, but was originally designed to detect malingered cognitive symptoms. SVTs have a high ...

The Detection of ADHD and Malingering in Young Adults

A first time ADHD diagnosis in adulthood still requires onset of symptoms in childhood (≤ 12 years old; American Psychiatric. Association, 2013). However, ADHD ...

Identifying Feigned ADHD in College Students - PubMed

Although several validity tests are available to classify malingering in non-ADHD populations, there is no test with proven effectiveness to ...

Malingered attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder on the Conners ...

Malingering is a significant assessment concern in adults undergoing evaluations for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and may occur for a ...

A Meta-Analysis of Malingering Detection Measures for Attention ...

... Furthermore, recent research suggests the need to add performance tests to ADHD diagnosis to avoid malingering [109]. Symptom-based tests ...

Observation and Detection of ADHD Malingering in College Students

In order to make a clinical diagnosis at least six symptoms of one or both domains (i.e., inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity) must be present in children ...

Detection of malingering in assessment of adult ADHD

It was predicted that malingerers would successfully fake ADHD on the rating scale but not on the CPT for which they would overcompensate, scoring lower than ...

Using Symptom Validity Tests to Detect Malingered ADHD in ...

Moderately strong sensitivity values (median = .467) and strong specificity values (median = .931) were found for the SVTs. Thus there is ...

college students' perceptions of malingering attention deficit

Participants were those with a valid ADHD diagnosis and neurotypical controls, half of whom were instructed to malinger ADHD on all study assessments. First, I ...

Detecting malingered ADHD using the personality assessment ...

Current research suggests most ADHD questionnaires and neuropsychological tests do not adequately distinguish clinical ADHD from simulated ADHD. Objective: The ...

“Why Is This So Hard?” A Review of Detection of Malingered ADHD ...

Failure of three or more symptom validity tests proved most useful at detecting malingered ADHD. Conclusion: This review suggests that there ...

The Detection Of ADHD Malingering Among College Students

Research has found that college students can successfully feign ADHD with minimal detection, leading to improper diagnosis and potential misuse of ...

The relationship of malingering test failure to self-reported symptoms ...

Neither self-report measures nor neuropsychological tests could distinguish ADHD from psychological controls, with the exception of self-reported current ...

Malingered ADHD Evaluations: A Further Complication for ...

Malingered ADHD Evaluations: A Further Complication for Accommodations Reviews. December 2011 (Vol. 80, No. 4). 800411_Jasinski_Ranseen ...

(PDF) Malingered Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder on the ...

Malingering is a significant assessment concern in adults undergoing evaluations for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and may occur for a ...

The Detection of ADHD and Malingering in Young Adults

Over the past 20 years, an increasing number of adults and college students have self-referred for ADHD evaluations. With the rise in adult ADHD evaluations ...

Detection of Malingered AD/HD in College Students

Detection of malingering in assessment of adult ADHD. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 18, 379-395. Ramsay, J. (2010). Nonmedication treatments for ...

"Detecting malingered ADHD using the personality assessment ...

Conclusion: The use of a cutoff score of > 16 is recommended when individuals do not complain of comorbid psychopathology but a cutoff score of > 22 when ...