AAFP: Malingering in Forensic Evaluations
4 hours | 4 CEs
This on-demand professional training program on Malingering in Forensic Evaluations is presented by Michael Vitacco, PhD, ABPP, in partnership with the American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP).
This program offers guidance on the legal and practical implications of evaluating response styles in forensic evaluations. Several critical aspects of evaluating for malingering in forensic evaluations are reviewed. Specific issues are discussed, including a critical review of diagnostic criteria for malingering from DSM-5, how courts have dealt with malingering, and several commonly used instruments designed to detect feigning. When reviewing the instruments pros and cons of each are discussed with an overview of their psychometric properties. Ethical and cultural considerations are integrated throughout the program with relevance to civil and criminal forensic work.
Intended Audience
This on-demand professional training program is intended for mental health and other allied professionals
Experience Level
This on-demand professional training program is appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and advanced level clinicians.
CE / CPD Credit
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe malingering and the criteria in the DSM-5
Describe legal and clinical implications of malingering, including recent court cases that addressed malingering
Describe at least two instruments and scales designed to detect feigning and their psychometric properties
Describe research on potential cultural differences with respect to symptom presentation
Describe the research for detecting malingering in special populations, including individuals with intellectual disabilities
Presented By
Michael Vitacco, PhD, ABPP
Michael Vitacco, PhD, ABPP, is a professor at Augusta University in the School of Public Health and an adjunct professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior. He is board-certified in forensic psychology and has a small forensic consulting practice. Dr. Vitacco has over 120 publicatio...
Curriculum
1. Introduction
2. Diagnoses, Deception, & Malingering
3. Malingering and Clinical Practice
4. Detection Strategies for Psychopathology
5. Detecting Malingering
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Program Partner
American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP)
We are proud to partner with the American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP) for this training. AAFP is a non-profit organization of board-certified forensic psychologists whose mission is to contribute to the development and maintenance of forensic psychology as a specialized field of study, research, and practice. The Academy does this by providing high-quality continuing education workshops, providing a forum for the exchange of scientific information among its members, and conferring awards upon outstanding students and practitioners in the field of forensic psychology.
CE Sponsorship Information
Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT), SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0356 and the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0073. Palo Alto University, Continuing and Professional Studies (CONCEPT) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6811. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. CONCEPT Professional Training, #1480, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. CONCEPT Professional Training maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/22/23-11/22/26. Social workers completing this course receive (clinical or social work ethics) continuing education credits.