Clinical Assessment of Malingering and Deception: Second Edition (Hardcover)

~ Richard Rogers PhD ABPP (Editor) "Diagnoses of mental disorders and the evaluation of psychopathology rely heavily on the honesty, accuracy, and completeness of patients' self-reporting..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

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"Richard Rogers has devoted his professional career to the issues of deception and malingering. This book, the second edition of a trailblazing text whose first edition won the A.P.A./A.A.P.L. Manifred S. Guttmacher Award, has been substantially rewritten....Of most importance to the clinician is the final summary chapter which, as it should be, is the longest chapter in the book....I highly recommend this volume to all clinicians and researchers who want to improve their skills." --The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

"Exceedingly well done, and a lot of book for the price....Rogers' summary chapters on clinical applications and research are an outstanding example of how to pull together the material of many chapters and authors." --Clinical Gerontologist
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Much has happened in this field in the past ten years, and every chapter of Richard Rogers' second edition reflects those advances. This review of research on malingering and deception, and on methods for their assessment, retains all of the qualities that made the first edition an indispensable resource for every mental health professional who performs clinical evaluations. Like the first edition, this book will be the authoritative benchmark on this topic for another decade. -- Thomas Grisso, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry (Clinical Psychology) University of Massachusetts Medical Center

This long-awaited update and complete revision of Dr. Rogers' 1988 Guttmacher-award-winning classic provides clinical and forensic professionals with the latest knowledge and research findings on malingering and deception. It brings the reader up to date on the burgeoning literature of dissimulation, testing, experimental methodology, and contemporary topics such as false memories, polygraphy, and hypnosis. Dr. Rogers and his very impressive list of contributors--from psychology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, and law--do not stray from their goal of practical integration of clinical practice and applied research in the field. They have given us a worthy successor to his earlier work -- Bill Reid, M.D., M.P.H., Clinical and Forensic Psychiatrist; Past President, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Texas, Health Sciences Center; Former Medical Director, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation

Review

"Much has happened in this field in the past ten years, and every chapter of Richard Rogers' second edition reflects those advances. This review of research on malingering and deception, and on methods for their assessment, retains all of the qualities that made the first edition an indispensable resource for every mental health professional who performs clinical evaluations. Like the first edition, this book will be the authoritative benchmark on this topic for another decade." --Thomas Grisso, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry (Clinical Psychology) University of Massachusetts Medical Center

"This long-awaited update and complete revision of Dr. Rogers' 1988 Guttmacher-award-winning classic provides clinical and forensic professionals with the latest knowledge and research findings on malingering and deception. It brings the reader up to date on the burgeoning literature of dissimulation, testing, experimental methodology, and contemporary topics such as false memories, polygraphy, and hypnosis. Dr. Rogers and his very impressive list of contributors--from psychology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, and law--do not stray from their goal of practical integration of clinical practice and applied research in the field. They have given us a worthy successor to his earlier work." --Bill Reid, MD, MPH, Clinical and Forensic Psychiatrist; Past President, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Texas, Health Sciences Center; Former Medical Director, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation

"Richard Rogers has devoted his professional career to the issues of deception and malingering. This book, the second edition of a trailblazing text whose first edition won the A.P.A./A.A.P.L. Manifred S. Guttmacher Award, has been substantially rewritten....Of most importance to the clinician is the final summary chapter which, as it should be, is the longest chapter in the book....I highly recommend this volume to all clinicians and researchers who want to improve their skills." --The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

"Exceedingly well done, and a lot of book for the price....Rogers' summary chapters on clinical applications and research are an outstanding example of how to pull together the material of many chapters and authors." --Clinical Gerontologist

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 525 pages
• Publisher: The Guilford Press; Second Edition edition (February 7, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572301732
• ISBN-13: 978-1572301733
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #906,632 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good reference work but not a practical working text, November 1, 2001

By A Customer

This book is a compilation of chapters on malingering and deception by leaders in the field. Like all edited works, it suffers from disjunctions in quality and style from chapter to chapter. I was hoping for a practical manual of how to work with clients. Instead, I got a book that is solidly researched but that would appeal more to a researcher than a clinician. I would have preferred a book by a single author who synthesizes the works of leaders in the field. The content is good but one has to do a lot of work to find the clinically useful material. In addition, the concepts do NOT come alive in case examples. Finally, the print is rather tiny, so those over 40 will strain their eyes trying to read the text.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre, January 5, 2003

By A Customer

I agree with the first reviewer--not a very useful text. More academic than anything else. I pretty much walked away with nothing from this book. Is choppy and just a compilation of various topics written by a variety of authors--it is like reading different research papers. None of the book is integrated. As the first reviewer said, a better book would have been a text written by one author with an integration of ideas.

10 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Open the door to better understanding the "fakes!", June 2, 2000

By	randy starr (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

Dr. Rogers certainly knows his "stuff!" Take it from one of those guy's who has "been there and done that." His arrows hit the mark! Deception and malingering, these are not just mere words to echo in the wind. The author walks along side of the reader, while all the while supporting his professional perspectives with documented and keenly researched facts.

Expertise is constantly evident, with solid exploration being given to 1). Where we've been; 2). Where we're at; 3). And, where we're going regarding better detecting the "fakes" and how to best utilize the available wealth of information contained within these pages.

The true magnitude and complexity surrounding this element of psychopathology, etc., to the qualified and perceptive researcher, is crystal clear, indeed.

This book ought to be readily available to all professionals claiming to be experts in this potentially deadly arena of forensics!