PSYC 331 Lecture Notes - Mental Disorder, Sick Role, Malingering
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Forensic assessment/ slide 58: it has to be relevant to the perp at the time of the crime, conclusion should be on the facts of the case along with scientific evidence. If you do all the assessment and it isn"t consistent with what the attorney wants they may not call you as a psychologist to testify. Sirs: structured interview of reported symptoms: for malingering. 3 scales that measure honesty/lying: l, f & k scale (l and k are somewhat similar, a tendency to deny faults) Scales that measure personality: hypocondriasis (physical symptoms in response to psychological problems), pd (looks at if person has antisocial history), ma (bi-polar) Typically you get something called a whelsh code which is a compilation of a person"s personality and there is a book which shows you what the personality combinations could mean. You get a whelsh code which shows you personalities for the person.
