Prevalence of Malingering in Suicidal Psychiatric Inpatients

A Replication

Bibliographic Data

ID13658143
AuthorsDavid A Rissmiller (corresponding author), Robert A Steer (Department of Psychiatry, School of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey), Michael Friedman (0000-0002-7477-563X, Department of Psychiatry, School of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey), Robert Demercurio (Department of Psychiatry, School of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey)
Year1999
Volume84
Issue3
Pages726-726
Publication date1999-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.84.3.726-730
OpenAlexW4251709755
LanguageEN
References cited6

The MMPI–2, L, F, and K validity scales were administered to 21 (42%) suicide attempters and 29 (58%) ideators who had been hospitalized as being at risk for committing suicide. These inpatients were also asked to rate anonymously how much they had “exaggerated on purpose or lied about being suicidal to a staff member” during their current hospitalizations. The three MMPI–2 validity scores of the inpatients were not associated with self-reported malingering, and 6 (12%) of the inpatients reported malingering. This rate was comparable to the 10% rate which had previously been found by Rissmiller, et al. in 1998

Injury prevention · Malingering · Medical emergency · Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory · Occupational safety and health · Personality · Poison control · Psychiatry · Replication (statistics · Suicide prevention · Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation · Clinical Psychology · Emergency and Acute Care Studies · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

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