Test Review: Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test (M-FAST), Miller, 2001.

Detection of coached malingering of posttraumatic stress disorder

“…The MFAST was created to serve as an abbreviated parallel to the widely used Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS; Rogers, 1992). Preliminary validational research on the MFAST has demonstrated that the MFAST is a tool that shows promise in accurately distinguishing between honest and dishonest response styles (Zapf & Galloway, 2002). For example, in an initial investigation to determine the effectiveness of the MFAST in detecting malingering during disability screenings, Miller, Guy, and Davila (2000) found that malingerers (as defined by SIRS scores) earned significantly higher total MFAST scores than did honest responders.…”