Assessment of Genuine and Simulated Dissociative Identity Disorder on the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms

This qualitative study investigated the subjective experience of a female survivor of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). The study utilized the narrative method, interviewing the participant three separate times. Each semi-structured interview reconstructed a particular time in the participant's life (past, present, and future) as it related to the disorder. Three themes emerged from the participant's experiences with DID: (a) therapeutic outcomes, (b) chronology of DID, and (c) misperceptions of DID.

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Discriminating Dissociative Identity Disorder from Schizophrenia and Feigned Dissociation on Psychological Tests and Structured Interview

Journal of Trauma & Dissociation ◽

10.1300/j229v04n02_07 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 109-130 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Ken R. Welburn ◽

George A. Fraser ◽

Shelley A. Jordan ◽

Colin Cameron ◽

Lisa M. Webb ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dissociative Identity Disorder ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Psychological Tests

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Structured interview data on adolescents with dissociative identity disorder: A comparison with adults

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e609332012-080 ◽

1997 ◽

Author(s):

Vedat Sar ◽

Salih Zoroglu ◽

Hamdi Tutkun ◽

L. Ilhan Yargic ◽

Turgut Kundakci ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dissociative Identity Disorder ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Interview Data

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Instruments for Assessing Feigned or Exaggerated Psychopathology

Assessing Negative Response Bias in Competency to Stand Trial Evaluations ◽

10.1093/med-psych/9780190653163.003.0004 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 57-72

Author(s):

Steve Rubenzer

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Gold Standard ◽

Dissociative Identity Disorder ◽

Structured Interview ◽

False Positives ◽

Intellectually Disabled ◽

Standard Instrument ◽

Diagnostic Statistics ◽

Cutoff Scores

This chapter reviews the most prominent instruments for assessing malingered mental illness and its symptoms. The Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS) has been regarded as the gold standard instrument in this area, but a recent revision, the SIRS-2, has come under considerable criticism that extends to its predecessor as well. Although the SIRS-2 may produce fewer false positives than the original SIRS, especially in intellectually disabled examinees and perhaps in examinees with dissociative identity disorder, it is less sensitive than the original SIRS and may misclassify a substantial number of of feigners as genuine. The strengths and weakness of instruments in this domain, such as the M-FAST and SIMMS, are discussed along with the costs of their use (time and money), diagnostic statistics, and recommended cutoff scores.

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Structured Interview for Hoarding Disorder (SIHD)

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000433 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 35 (4) ◽

pp. 512-520

Author(s):

Caterina Novara ◽

Paolo Cavedini ◽

Stella Dorz ◽

Susanna Pardini ◽

Claudio Sica

Keyword(s):

Convergent Validity ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Diagnostic Process ◽

Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders ◽

Clinical Environment ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Rater Reliability ◽

Hoarding Disorder ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Schizophrenia Spectrum

Abstract. The Structured Interview for Hoarding Disorder (SIHD) is a semi-structured interview designed to assist clinicians in diagnosing a hoarding disorder (HD). This study aimed to validate the Italian version of the SIHD. For this purpose, its inter-rater reliability has been analyzed as well as its ability to differentiate HD from other disorders often comorbid. The sample was composed of 74 inpatients who had been diagnosed within their clinical environment: 9 with HD, 11 with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and HD, 22 with OCD, 19 with major depressive disorder (MDD), and 13 with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD). The results obtained indicated “substantial” or “perfect” inter-rater reliability for all the core HD criteria, HD diagnosis, and specifiers. The SIHD differentiated between subjects suffering from and not suffering from a HD. Finally, the results indicated “good” convergent validity and high scores were shown in terms of both sensitivity and specificity for HD diagnosis. Altogether, the SIHD represents a useful instrument for evaluating the presence of HD and is a helpful tool for the clinician during the diagnostic process.

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