RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Explanatory Models Differentiating Servicemember Malingering from Delayed Symptom Report
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 182
OP 193
DO 10.29158/JAAPL.210068-21
VO 50
IS 2
A1 Umbrasas, Karl V.
YR 2022
UL http://jaapl.org/content/50/2/182.abstract
AB The military mental health clinic is a medico-legal setting that provides servicemembers with treatment, administrative, and forensic services. Clinicians must be vigilant for malingering in this setting but flexible enough to recognize genuine symptoms. This task is often complicated by servicemembers’ delayed report of symptoms. Three explanatory models are proposed that distinguish delayed report from malingering: genuine delayed report of symptoms, acute distress malingering, and disability malingering. These explanatory models improve clinician objectivity and offer a systematic understanding of these different presentations.