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Društvena istraživanja : Journal for General Social Issues, Vol. 12 No. 3-4 (65-66), 2003.

Professional paper

Malingering PTSD

Dragica KOZARIĆ-KOVAČIĆ
Andreja BOROVEČKI
Sonja UDOVIČIĆ
Dubravka KOCIJAN-HERCIGONJA

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Abstract

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a difficult diagnosis to
make with certainty. Because of its complicated differential
diagnosis and the fact that PTSD's diagnosis is based largely
on symptoms that are reported by the patient, PTSD is not
hard to malinger. In the cases of compensation-related
purposes such as forensic evaluations, the diagnostic
problem is more sensitive. A valid psychiatric assessment of
PTSD demands detailed review of the patient's previous
medical, social and combat documentation, evaluation of
the patient (anamnesis, structured clinical interview,
observation, psychological assessment) and diagnostic
classification. Besides post-traumatic stress disorder in
isolated form, there is an overlapping of comorbid symptoms
in PTSD with other psychiatric disturbances that can also be
malingered.

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Hrčak ID:

19510

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/19510

Publication date:

31.8.2003.

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