Malingering should be suspected if any of the following are present |
1. A nonpsychotic, alternative rational motive for the crime |
2. Suspect hallucinations or delusions (see Resnick & Knoll, 2007) |
3. Current offense fits a pattern of prior criminal conduct |
4. Absence of active or negative symptoms of psychosis during evaluation |
5. Report of a sudden, irresistible impulse |
6. Presence of a partner in the crime |
7. "Double denial" of responsibility (disavowal of crime + attribution to psychosis) |
8. Far-fetched story of psychosis to explain crime |
9. Alleged intellectual deficit coupled with alleged psychosis |