PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rogers, Richard
TI  - Development of A New Classificatory Model of Malingering
DP  - 1990 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 323--333
VI  - 18
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/18/3/323.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/18/3/323.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1990 Sep 01; 18
AB  - Inclusion criteria for the classification of malingering are shaped and largely predetermined by our explanatory theories. Current theories have postulated the motivation to malinger is either the product of underlying psychopathology (pathogenic model) or criminal backgrounds (DSM III-R model). I have proposed a third model that malingering is typically an adaptive response to adverse circumstances which may best be understood in the context of decision theory. Based on this approach I have argued that indices of malingering should be empirically derived and focused on clinical presentation. Finally, I have proposed a preliminary model for the classification of malingerers which combines clinical data with corroborative evidence.