Fake Bad Scale

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Tim Titolo

The Wall Street Journal published an article yesterday about the efficacy of the Fake Bad Scale.  Recently added to the MMPI personality test, the scale has generated heated controversy.

On one side are injury victims and their lawyers. who have the backing of Dr. Butcher, among others, and point out that the scale gives false conclusions.  On the other side is Dr. Paul Lees-Haley, the creator of the scale, backed by insurance companies and its lawyers, purporting the test is valid only in the subset of personal injury lawsuits.

Dorothy Clay-Sims, a Florida lawyer has lead the effort to expose the Fake Bad Scale as a tool that will, almost without exception, find anyone who takes it, a malingerer.

Read the full article here: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB120466776681911325-lMyQjAxMDI4MDA0NTYwNjU3Wj.html

 

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