Forensic Diagnostics and Treatment - Practice questions
1. Briefly explain the cognitive model of schizophrenia (Beck et al., 2009) and provide an
example.
2. Substance abuse in psychotic individuals is:
a. more common than among the general public
b. less common than among the general public
c. just as common as among the general public
3. Which kind of psychotic symptoms are often related to violent behaviour:
a. Command hallucinations
b. Avolition
c. Word salad
1. Which of the following characteristics would you consider to be pointing in the
direction of probable malingering of psychotic symptoms? Select all that apply.
a. Intermittent hallucinations
b. Clear auditory messages
c. Hallucinations are associated with delusions
d. Using strategies to avoid obeying commands
e. Hallucinations in black and white
f. Visual hallucinations being the only psychotic symptom
g. Patient is reluctant to go into detail about delusions
h. Frequently replying ‘I don’t know’ to detailed questions
i. Claiming to know the identity of the voice (in auditory hallucination)
2. What is the difference between malingering and Factitious Disorder?
3. What does Rogers’ Adaptation Model state about the motivation to malinger?
4. According to Bo et al (2011) - Risk Factors for Violence Among Patients with
Schizophrenia, which three characteristics, besides demographics, are most
important to consider when doing a risk assessment for someone with
schizophrenia?
5. Would we recommend behavioral treatment for schizophrenia to reduce violence?
6. A successful insanity defense adheres to the criteria of what rule? What does it
mean?
7. A successful acquittal because of incompetency to stand trial adheres to the criteria
of what standard? What does it mean?
8. Dissociation could be considered
a. Insane automatism
, b. Sane automatism
c. Automatism due to an internal cause
d. None of the above
9. PTSD is most often successful in case of: (select 2)
a. Insanity defense
b. Diminished criminal responsibility
c. Competency to stand trial
d. Automatism
e. Personal injury claims
10. ‘Battered Woman Syndrome’ is relevant for
a. Insanity defense
b. Diminished criminal responsibility
c. Competency to stand trial
d. Automatism
e. Personal injury claims
11. Why is PTSD relatively easy to feign? (4 reasons)
12. Name three stand-alone SVTs for PTSD.
13. What is the most recommended/used treatment for PTSD?
14. Explain the theory that considers Personality Disorders as Adaptive Failure. What is
the other theory called?
15. What are the central issues in Schizotypal Personality Disorder?
16. Is Borderline Personality Disorder related to violence?
17. Which mental illness is most strongly associated with homicide? Which personality
disorder is most associated with homicide?
18. Describe the underlying motivation someone with narcissistic PD might have to
commit a violent crime. Give an example.
19. Would you go for an insanity plea if you have borderline personality disorder? Would
this depend on what country you are in?
20. Which PD is most often addressed in court (in the US)? Which PD has the highest
success rate when used in court? And why is that?
21. How would you assess a personality disorder? (4 steps of assessment in order)
22. What is the level of severity of an Intellectual Disability based on?
a. The practical domain of impairment
b. The Total IQ-score
c. The level of adaptive functioning
d. The combined picture of IQ and adaptive functioning
23. Individuals with profound ID are, compared to those with moderate ID, more likely
to engage in what kind of aggression?
24. Explain the difference between sexual offenders with ID and sexual offenders
without ID.
25. Are people with ID capable of understanding the oath they have to say in court?
26. True or false: people with ID are unreliable in court because they are more
suggestible.
27. Which statement is true
a. Compared to non-ID offenders, ID offenders are more likely to commit
murder.
1. Briefly explain the cognitive model of schizophrenia (Beck et al., 2009) and provide an
example.
2. Substance abuse in psychotic individuals is:
a. more common than among the general public
b. less common than among the general public
c. just as common as among the general public
3. Which kind of psychotic symptoms are often related to violent behaviour:
a. Command hallucinations
b. Avolition
c. Word salad
1. Which of the following characteristics would you consider to be pointing in the
direction of probable malingering of psychotic symptoms? Select all that apply.
a. Intermittent hallucinations
b. Clear auditory messages
c. Hallucinations are associated with delusions
d. Using strategies to avoid obeying commands
e. Hallucinations in black and white
f. Visual hallucinations being the only psychotic symptom
g. Patient is reluctant to go into detail about delusions
h. Frequently replying ‘I don’t know’ to detailed questions
i. Claiming to know the identity of the voice (in auditory hallucination)
2. What is the difference between malingering and Factitious Disorder?
3. What does Rogers’ Adaptation Model state about the motivation to malinger?
4. According to Bo et al (2011) - Risk Factors for Violence Among Patients with
Schizophrenia, which three characteristics, besides demographics, are most
important to consider when doing a risk assessment for someone with
schizophrenia?
5. Would we recommend behavioral treatment for schizophrenia to reduce violence?
6. A successful insanity defense adheres to the criteria of what rule? What does it
mean?
7. A successful acquittal because of incompetency to stand trial adheres to the criteria
of what standard? What does it mean?
8. Dissociation could be considered
a. Insane automatism
, b. Sane automatism
c. Automatism due to an internal cause
d. None of the above
9. PTSD is most often successful in case of: (select 2)
a. Insanity defense
b. Diminished criminal responsibility
c. Competency to stand trial
d. Automatism
e. Personal injury claims
10. ‘Battered Woman Syndrome’ is relevant for
a. Insanity defense
b. Diminished criminal responsibility
c. Competency to stand trial
d. Automatism
e. Personal injury claims
11. Why is PTSD relatively easy to feign? (4 reasons)
12. Name three stand-alone SVTs for PTSD.
13. What is the most recommended/used treatment for PTSD?
14. Explain the theory that considers Personality Disorders as Adaptive Failure. What is
the other theory called?
15. What are the central issues in Schizotypal Personality Disorder?
16. Is Borderline Personality Disorder related to violence?
17. Which mental illness is most strongly associated with homicide? Which personality
disorder is most associated with homicide?
18. Describe the underlying motivation someone with narcissistic PD might have to
commit a violent crime. Give an example.
19. Would you go for an insanity plea if you have borderline personality disorder? Would
this depend on what country you are in?
20. Which PD is most often addressed in court (in the US)? Which PD has the highest
success rate when used in court? And why is that?
21. How would you assess a personality disorder? (4 steps of assessment in order)
22. What is the level of severity of an Intellectual Disability based on?
a. The practical domain of impairment
b. The Total IQ-score
c. The level of adaptive functioning
d. The combined picture of IQ and adaptive functioning
23. Individuals with profound ID are, compared to those with moderate ID, more likely
to engage in what kind of aggression?
24. Explain the difference between sexual offenders with ID and sexual offenders
without ID.
25. Are people with ID capable of understanding the oath they have to say in court?
26. True or false: people with ID are unreliable in court because they are more
suggestible.
27. Which statement is true
a. Compared to non-ID offenders, ID offenders are more likely to commit
murder.
