Distinguishing clinical and simulated dissociative identity disorder using the Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test.

Background: Individuals with dissociative identity disorder (DID) experience severe and broad-ranging symptoms which can be associated with elevations on measures designed to detect feigning and/or malingering. Research is needed to determine how to distinguish genuine DID from simulated DID on assessment measures and validity scales.

Objective: This study examined whether the Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test (M-FAST), a screening measure of malingering, could differentiate between individuals with DID and DID simulators.

Prospective mental health effects of intimate partner stalking among women veterans.

Objective: Women veterans are disproportionately affected by intimate partner violence (IPV). Within the civilian literature, intimate partner stalking (IPS) is a common, uniquely deleterious form of IPV; the present study seeks to prospectively examine the psychological effects of IPS among women veterans.

Method: Women veterans ( = 266) were recruited using the KnowledgePanel, a probability-based survey panel; participants completed surveys at time 1 (T1) and at time 2 (T2) follow-up 18 months later.