Symptom exaggeration in a PTSD inpatient population: Response set or claim for compensation

✍ Scribed by Randall G. Jordan; Thomas V. Nunley; Roy R. Cook

• Book ID: 102926790
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 550 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-9867
• DOI: 10.1002/jts.2490050412

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between service‐connection (financial compensation) and exaggeration of PTSD symptoms. Sixty inpatient Vietnam combat veterans in PTSD treatment comprised three groups: those financially compensated for PTSD, those financially compensated for physical or other mental problems, and those not financially compensated. Results indicate that those veterans who are not service‐connected do not exaggerate symptoms on the MMPI F‐scale more than those who are service‐connected. Also, F scores reported for inpatient PTSD were higher than previously established cut‐off criteria found chiefly in outpatient populations. Implications for therapists' biases concerning financial compensation and symptom claims are discussed in terms of their clinical relevance.