The Second European Symposium on Symptom Validity Assessment
20th - 21th May 2011 (EUR-SVA)

University College London / UK

Jerry Sweet David Gill Gerhard Müller Ben Schmand Kyle Brauer Boone Manfred Greiffenstein Stuart Anderson Harald Merckelbach Lloyd Flaro Jack Spector Roger Gervais Vicki Hacker Rolf Schneider Herbert König Kevin Greve Michael Kopelman Thomas Merten Kevin Bianchini

 

  Commitee  
  Program Chair: Dr Stuart Anderson, Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre, UK  
  NL Prof Dr Harald Merckelbach, University of Maastricht, NL
Dr Ben Schmand, AMC, University of Amsterdam, NL
 
  UK: Dr Vicki Hacker, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust, Birming-ham, UK  
  USA: Prof Dr Jerry Sweet, Evanston, IL, USA  
  Germany: Prof Dr Rolf Schneider, Klinikum Aschaffenburg, D
Dr Thomas Merten, Krankenhaus im Friedrichshain, Berlin, D
 

  Poster Commitee Dr Thomas Merten, D; Prof Dr Harald Merckelbach, NL
Dr Ben Schmand, NL; Dr Vicki Hacker, UK
 

  Organization    
  International Academy of Applied Neuropsychology
Semmelstr. 36/38, 97070 Würzburg, Germany
Tel: +49 931 46079033, Fax: +49 931 46079034
akademie@koenigundmueller.de, www.koenigundmueller.de
 

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Program
 
 
Friday 20 May 2011
 
  09:30 - 10:00 Arrival / Registration
 
  10:00 - 10:10 Welcome Prof. Dr. Rolf Schneider and Dr. Stuart Anderson (Program Chair)  
         
 
Session 1
Symptom Validity Assessment: Introduction to Application
Moderation: Kevin Greve
 
  10:10 - 10:55 Jerry Sweet  
    Detecting Malingered Neurocognitive Dysfunction: Applying What We Have Learned to Individual Cases  
  10:55 - 11:45 Kyle Boone  
    Diagnostic Frameworks in the Assessment of Noncredible Symptoms
 
  11:45 - 12:30 Manfred Greiffenstein  
    Dual Diagnosis
 

  12:30 - 13:30
Lunch + Poster Viewing
 

 
Session 2
Symptom Validity Assessment: Methodological Issues and De-tection Strategies
Moderation: Vicki Hacker
 
  13:30 - 14:15 Kevin Greve  
    Malingering Research Designs
 
  14:15 - 15:00 Kevin Bianchini  
    Forced Choice Symptom Validity Tests
 

  15:00 - 15:15
Tea & Coffee Break
 

 
Session 2 continued
Symptom Validity Assessment: Methodological Issues and Detection Strategies
Moderation: Kevin Bianchini
 

  15:15 - 16:00 Kyle Boone  
    Embedded Symptom Validity Indicators and Recommendations for Using Multiple Symptom Validity Indicators
 
  16:00 - 16:45 Roger Gervais  
    Malingering Detection: Examples from MMPI-2-RF Applications
 
  16:45 - 17:30 Jerry Sweet  
    Professional Practice Guidelines for the use and interpretation of SVTs: The Time has Come
 

  17:30 - 18:00
Poster Session
 

  18:00 - 20:00
Buffet Dinner
 


 
Saturday 21 May 2011
 
 
Session 3
Special Topics in Symptom Validity Assessment
Moderation: Ben Schmand
 
  09:00 - 10:00 Lloyd Flaro  
    Paediatric Issues
 
  10:00 - 10:45 Jack Spector  
    Elements of primary and secondary gain can exist in factitious disorder and malingering
 

  10:45 - 11:00
Tea & Coffee Break
 

 
Session 3 continued
Special Topics in Symptom Validity Assessment
Moderation: Harald Merckelbach
 

  11:00 - 11:20 Thomas Merten  
    A Short History of Resistance Against Symptom Validity Assessment
 
  11:20 - 11:40 Rolf Schneider  
    What Neurologists Contribute to Identifying Malingering
 
  11:40 - 12:00 David Gill  
    How useful are the WAIS-III and WMS-III in symptom validity testing?  
  12:00 - 12:30 Various  
    Data Blitz Session (a selection of short presentations and 5 minutes question time)
 

  12:30 - 13:30
Lunch + Poster Viewing
 

 
Session 3 continued
Special Topics in Symptom Validity Assessment
Moderation: Thomas Merten
 

  13:30 - 13:50 Harald Merckelbach  
    The Continuum Between Feigning and Somatoform Symptoms
 
  13:50 - 14:40 Kevin Bianchini  
    The Financial Incentive Effect: It's Not Just Malingering
 
  14:40 - 15:30 Michael Kopelman  
    Problems and Issues in differentiating Neurological, Psychogenic, and Simulated Amnesia  

  15:30 - 15:45
Tea & Coffee Break
 

 
Session 3 continued
Special Topics in Symptom Validity Assessment
Moderation: Manfred Greiffenstein
 

  15:45 - 16:30 Manfred Greiffenstein  
    Societal Implications of SVT Usage
The closing session will comprise a brief pres-entation by Dr Greiffenstein followed by an Open Discussion in which key speakers will engage in a question and answer session with symposium delegates.