With increasing numbers of patients presenting at our nation’s already oversubscribed emergency departments (EDs) for mental healthcare, the Psychiatric Times recently posed a pointed question: Just ...

I have a patient who has type 1 diabetes and, despite her excellent control with multiple daily injections, her A1c remains very high: 17% to 18%. She has used an insulin pump, but the results didn't ...

Comprehensive forensic evaluations are predicated on the accurate appraisal of response styles that may affect evaluatees' clinical presentation and experts' conclusions associated with psycholegal ...

can be a tricky business – one in which subtle or complex symptoms may be overlooked in some cases, and dishonest workers get away with malingering, or exaggerating illness for the sake of increased ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A simulation design with multiple contrast groups was used to test the effectiveness of two instruments, the Structured Interview of Reported ...

Factitious disorder is defined as intentional efforts to falsify an illness in oneself or another. Manufacturing an injury in oneself or another might also be performed. The individual's identity is ...