Evaluating Malingering in Contested Injury or Illness

Details

• Personal Author:
  Aronoff GM ; Dorto AJ ; Genovese E ; Klimek EH ; Maitz EA ; Mandel S ; Staats TE
• Description:
  An interdisciplinary task force of physicians and neuropsychologists with advanced training in impairment and disability assessment provided a review of the literature on malingering in chronic pain, medical disorders, and mental/cognitive disorders. Our review suggests that treating health care providers often do not consider malingering, even in cases of delayed recovery involving work injuries or other personal injuries, where there may be a significant incentive to feign or embellish symptoms or delay recovery. This report discusses the implications of this issue and offers recommendations to evaluating physicians and other health care professionals. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mental Disorders Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Malingering Disability Evaluation Disabled Workers Medical Examinations Medical Screening Medical Treatment Mental Disorders Mental Health Psychological Disorders
• ISSN:
  1530-7085
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Louisiana ; North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  178-204
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053545
• Citation:
  Pain Pract 2007 Jun; 7(2):178-204
• Contact Point Address:
  Gerald M. Aronoff, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Duke University School of Medicine, North American Pain & Disability Group, Inc., 1900 Randolph Road, Suite 606, Charlotte, NC 28207, U.S.A.
• Email:
  geraldaronoffmd@msn.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Pain Practice
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:04e80adee8538ced26ca36b42ce753cd14318bb0f26cdb9a25635cfe7ddbdb4d66373c52444932fdfd83ad8df5baf729dea251958ff2a9a60c00a1b4aefa6ef4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216277/cdc_216277_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 177.31 KB ]