APA Statement
The American Psychological Association has published a Statement on Third Party Evaluations in Psychological Testing and Assessment.
An often encountered problem with defense psychological exams is the misuse of testing protocols by defense financed neuropsychologists. This is often hard to discover since the psychologists frequently complain that allowing third party's to observe testing invalidates the results. Another argument is that the observation violates copyright.
Having this issue addressed, specifically for the litigation context, is a good thing for genuinely injured examinees who are subject to the manipulation of dishonest psychologists. Certain psychologists manipulate the exam to obtain results that accuse the examinee of malingering or being dishonest. Who better then the psychologist to know how to manipulate the data?
Allowing the unintrusive observation of exams by third parties will promote honest evaluations. Perhaps now the justice that should be afforded to those who have genuine injury will start emerging without the manipulation of dishonest psychological examiners.
