Speaker Ryan Chiarella, D.O., is an associate professor in the VCU Department of Psychiatry; director, schizophrenia program; and interim director, emergency psychiatric services.
This session will cover the DSM diagnosis of malingering to include the most common reasons why one might malinger. It will discuss typical and atypical symptoms of psychosis and ways to differentiate between genuine and malingered psychosis. It will explore types of interview questions that can help an evaluator elucidate a pattern of malingered psychotic symptoms. This session will discuss instruments that are commonly used in the field to evaluate for malingered psychosis. This session will conclude with a discussion of means of evaluating and dispositioning these patients from the emergency department or inpatient unit.
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