Practical Training: Malingering and All That

Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience

Practical Training: Malingering and All That

Full course description

Several tools exist that allow for the detection of faking. In this workshop – consisting of 2 sessions - students will be trained to use these so-called symptom validity tests (SVTs) by applying them in a known scenario where someone will be instructed to fake or deny symptoms. In addition, students will be made familiar with concepts that are relevant in the context of symptom validity testing (e.g., fantasy proneness).

Course objectives

Knowledge of:

Malingering, Symptom Validity Testing, Faking good, and Fantasy proneness.

At the end of this practical students:

  • are able to apply these tests, score them, and summarize the results;
  • are able to present the results in the form of a patient vignette/grand round.
PSY4653
Period 4
13 Mar 2023
6 Apr 2023
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ECTS credits: 
0.0
Instruction language: 
English
Coordinator:
Teaching methods: 
Skills
Assessment methods: 
Attendance, Final paper
Keywords: 
malingering, SVT, faking good, fantasy proneness