PPT-Malingering, Feigning, and Negative Response Bias in Psychological Injury and Law

Gerald Young PhD Ontario Psychological Association 68 th Annual Conference February 21 2015 AGENDA Malingering Part I New Literature Review Part II Young 2014 Malingering Feigning and . 18 No 4 pp 425436 1995 Copyright 1995 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA All rights reserved 0160252795 950 00 0160252795000208 The Expert Deposes but the Court Disposes The Concept of Malingering and the Function of a Medical Expert Witness Holly A. Miller, Ph.D.. College of Criminal Justice. Sam Houston State University. Overview . Malingering . Theory and assessment. Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test. Development of the M-FAST. Malingering. Intentional production of false or grossly exaggerated physical or psychological symptoms, motivated by external incentives such as avoiding military duty, avoiding work, obtaining financial compensation, evading criminal prosecution, or obtaining drugs.. 25 G. Young, Injury , International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine 56, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-7899-3_2, Mgr. Pavel Reich. 1. Outline. Hidden bias as a form of doublespeak. Presidential Debates. Example of the use of hidden bias. Results of the analysis. 2. Doublespeak. Doublespeak - language that pretends to communicate but really doesn’t. It is language that makes the bad seem good, the negative appear positive, the unpleasant appear attractive or at least tolerable. Doublespeak is language that avoids or shifts responsibility, language that is at variance with its real or purported meaning. It is language which conceals or prevents thought; rather than extending thought, doublespeak limits it (Lutz 1990:1). Jean M. Williams and Carrie B. . Scherzer. . “I knew I was in trouble when I heard snap, crackle and pop, and I wasn’t having a bowl of cereal.”. Nick Kypreos, ice hockey, Toronto Maple Leafs . When thinking of “bias”, you might be visualizing someone who is . narrow minded. Statistical Bias. occurs when a systemic error contributes to the statistics for a sample being different than those of the population. What can go wrong?. Samples that do not represent every individual in the population fairly is said to be biased.. Bias is the one thing above all to avoid when sampling.. We need to be sure that the statistics we compute from the sample are representative of our population.. Traumatic Brain Injury: Diagnosis, Malingering, Recovery, and Prognosis for . Occupational Functioning. Jason.bailie@mdofficemail.com. 619-433-9916. 1. Objective. Overview of TBI . Recovery after TBI. Practical Strategies Conference . June 11, 2015. Dr. William H. . Gnam. , PhD, MD, FRCPC. Psychiatrist. w. illiam.gnam@gmail.com. Outline. Introduction: . The diagnostic . m. ethods of psychiatry. Clinical Descriptions and Essential Features. Validity and testing for validity. Reliability and testing for reliability. Group task for today. Bias is a . systematic . error in the design, conduct, or analysis of a study that results in errors when calculating measures of association between risk factors and outcomes. Negative controls, . and . Empirical calibration. Martijn Schuemie. Janssen R&D. OHDSI. UCLA. Trouble with observational research. 2. Residual study bias. 3. Rush et al., 2018. How to choose covariates to adjust for?. . Samuel Winiger, . Henrik . Singmann. , David Kellen . Syllogism. Logical arguments:. Premise:. Premise:. Putative Conclusion . No oaks are . jubs. .. Some trees are . jubs. .. Therefore,. some trees are not oaks.. Copyright: WB Saundershttp://www.elsevier.com/ Postprint available at: Linköping University Electronic Presshttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva126832 1 Psychological aspects of ACL injur