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Gender and Malingering in Defendants Deemed Incompetent to Stand Trial.

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Nesbit-Bartsch, AE; McDermott, BE; Warburton, KD
Published in: J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
June 2021

The relationships between gender and malingering have received little attention in the literature. Our study examined data from 1,748 patients committed as incompetent to stand trial between 2008 and 2017, of whom 397 were women. Scores on a structured assessment of feigned psychiatric symptoms were only slightly higher for men than for women. Yet evaluators believed that over 23 percent of men but less than 15 percent of women were malingering. Our data suggest that these gender differences in rates of malingering may be attributable to symptom constellations and extent of criminal arrest history.

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Published In

J Am Acad Psychiatry Law

DOI

EISSN

1943-3662

Publication Date

June 2021

Volume

49

Issue

2

Start / End Page

211 / 218

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sex Factors
  • Mental Disorders
  • Mental Competency
  • Malingering
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • Female
  • Criminology
  • Criminals
 

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Nesbit-Bartsch, A. E., McDermott, B. E., & Warburton, K. D. (2021). Gender and Malingering in Defendants Deemed Incompetent to Stand Trial. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law, 49(2), 211–218. https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.200083-20
Nesbit-Bartsch, Ariana E., Barbara E. McDermott, and Katherine D. Warburton. “Gender and Malingering in Defendants Deemed Incompetent to Stand Trial.J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 49, no. 2 (June 2021): 211–18. https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.200083-20.
Nesbit-Bartsch AE, McDermott BE, Warburton KD. Gender and Malingering in Defendants Deemed Incompetent to Stand Trial. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2021 Jun;49(2):211–8.
Nesbit-Bartsch, Ariana E., et al. “Gender and Malingering in Defendants Deemed Incompetent to Stand Trial.J Am Acad Psychiatry Law, vol. 49, no. 2, June 2021, pp. 211–18. Pubmed, doi:10.29158/JAAPL.200083-20.
Nesbit-Bartsch AE, McDermott BE, Warburton KD. Gender and Malingering in Defendants Deemed Incompetent to Stand Trial. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2021 Jun;49(2):211–218.

Published In

J Am Acad Psychiatry Law

DOI

EISSN

1943-3662

Publication Date

June 2021

Volume

49

Issue

2

Start / End Page

211 / 218

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Sex Factors
  • Mental Disorders
  • Mental Competency
  • Malingering
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • Female
  • Criminology
  • Criminals