Assessment of genuine and simulated dissociative identity disorder on the structured interview of reported symptoms

Journal of Trauma & Dissociation : the Official Journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)
Bethany L BrandStefanie R Barr

Abstract

Little is known about how to detect malingered dissociative identity disorder (DID). This study presents preliminary data from an ongoing study about the performance of DID patients on the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS, Rogers, Bagby, & Dickens, 1992), considered to be a "gold standard" structured interview in forensic psychology to detect feigning of psychological symptoms. Test responses from 20 dissociative identity disorder (DID) patients are compared to those of 43 well informed and motivated DID simulators. Both the simulators and DID patients endorsed such a high number of symptoms that their average overall scores would typically be interpreted as indicative of feigning. The simulators' mean scores were significantly higher than those of the DID patients on only four out of 13 scales. These results provide preliminary evidence that well informed and motivated simulators are able to fairly successfully simulate DID patients and avoid detection on the SIRS. Furthermore, many DID patients may be at risk for being inaccurately labeled as feigning on the SIRS.

Citations

Jan 4, 2012·Journal of Trauma & Dissociation : the Official Journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)·Bethany L BrandDavid Spiegel
Sep 26, 2013·Journal of Trauma & Dissociation : the Official Journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)·Ryan D StadnikAngela Savoca
Mar 15, 2006·The Psychiatric Clinics of North America·Bethany L BrandRichard J Loewenstein
Aug 6, 2008·Law and Human Behavior·Richard RogersRobert P Granacher
Jul 8, 2016·Harvard Review of Psychiatry·Bethany L BrandWarwick Middleton
May 3, 2014·The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry·Martin J DorahyWarwick Middleton
Jan 1, 2013·The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease·Guy A Boysen, Alexandra VanBergen
May 4, 2013·The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease·Bethany L BrandDavid Spiegel
Aug 18, 2020·Community Mental Health Journal·Sophie IsobelKim Foster
Mar 11, 2011·Journal of Trauma & Dissociation : the Official Journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)·UNKNOWN International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation

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