Identifying Malingered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Biological Markers for Legal Assessment

识别伪装的创伤后应激障碍：用于法律评估的生物标记物。创伤后应激障碍(PTSD)是澳大利亚索赔中最常见的精神障碍。目前还没有可靠的方法来区分伪装的和真正的创伤后应激障碍。该项目旨在开发最准确的方法来识别伪造的创伤后应激障碍，方法是使用最新的技术来索引患有创伤后应激障碍、没有创伤后应激障碍和伪造的创伤后应激障碍参与者的生物反应，包括功能磁共振成像。这项研究将导致一种生物学评估，可以客观地索引创伤后应激障碍，并抵抗故意伪装。这些数据将大大加强对创伤后应激障碍的法律评估，并促进赔偿问题的解决。

Identifying Malingered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Biological Markers for Legal Assessment. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the most common psychiatric disorder that is claimed in compensation claims in Australia. There are currently no reliable means to distinguish malingered from genuine PTSD. This project aims to develop the most accurate means of identifying malingered PTSD by using the most recent technology to index biological responses, including fMRI, in participants with PTSD, without PTSD, and malingered PTSD. This study will lead to a biological assessment that can objectively index PTSD and be resistant to intentional feigning. These data will significantly enhance legal assessments of PTSD and facilitate compensation resolution.