Identifying Malingered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Biological Markers for Legal Assessment

识别伪装的创伤后应激障碍：法律的评估的生物标志物。创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）是澳大利亚索赔中最常见的精神疾病。目前还没有可靠的方法来区分装病和真正的PTSD。该项目旨在开发最准确的方法，通过使用最新的技术来索引PTSD参与者的生物反应，包括fMRI，没有PTSD，以及伪装的PTSD。这项研究将导致一个生物评估，可以客观地指数创伤后应激障碍和抵抗故意假装。这些数据将大大提高创伤后应激障碍的法律的评估和促进赔偿的解决。

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.