| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 546 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
SECTION I: FOUNDATIONS -- Overview of forensic neuropsychology / Arthur MacNeill Horton, Jr. -- Neuropsychological basis of intelligence revised: some false starts and a clinical model / Cecil R. Reynolds, Christine L. French -- Normative data and scaling issues in neuropsychology / Charles J. Golden -- Diagnostic decision making in neuropsychology / Arthur D. Williams -- Detecting malingering in civil forensic evaluations / Grant L. Iverson -- SECTION II: ISSUES UNIQUE TO BRAIN INJURY -- Epidemiology of traumatic brain injury / Lawrence C. Hartlage, Peter Patch -- Neuroimaging in forensic neuropsychology / Erin D. Bigler -- Behavioral change following traumatic brain injury / Peter C. Patch, Lawrence C. Hartlage -- Utilizing neuropsychological assessment in disability determination and rehabilitation planning / Thomas L. Bennett, Michael J. Raymond -- SECTION III: PRACTICE ISSUES -- Depositions / John E. Meyers, Harold Widdison -- Diagnostic issues: attorney perspective / John Montgomery Carson, C. Michael Bee -- Neuropsychology in the courtroom / Lawrence C. Hartlage -- SECTION IV: ETHICAL ISSUES -- To release, or not to release raw test data, that is the question / Dorrie L. Rapp, Paul S. Ferber -- Trained third-party presence during forensic neuropsychological evaluations / John J. Blase -- Conflicts of interest and other pitfalls for the expert witness / Barry Crown, H. Scott Fingerhut, Sheryl J. Lowenthal -- SECTION V: SPECIAL AREAS -- Forensic neuropsychology with children / Jeffrey B. Titus, Raymond S. Dean -- Forensic neurotoxicology / Raymond Singer -- Forensic neuropsychological assessment in criminal law cases / Robert J. Sbordone [and others] -- Neuropsychological evaluations in the context of competency decisions / Michael D. Franzen -- Future of forensic neuropsychology / Arthur MacNeill Horton, Jr |
| Summary |
This volume explains neuropsychological services to the population of brain injured adults and children who enter the legal system. It provides a comprehensive, well-integrated treatment of this new area of interest in neuropathology-psychopathology relationships, and examines the research knowledge base, which supportsthis investigation. After exploring the foundations of forensic neuropsychology, The authors discuss the reliability of test data as well as norms, decision-making, and malingering. The Handbook also considers ethical issues, discovery depositions, courtroom testimony, and profe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Forensic neuropsychology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Clinical neuropsychology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Medical jurisprudence.
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Neuropsychology.
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Forensic Medicine
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Neuropsychology
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forensic medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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Neuropsychology
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Medical jurisprudence
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Clinical neuropsychology
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Forensic neuropsychology
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Gerechtelijke psychologie.
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Neuropsychologie.
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Neuropathologie.
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Horton, Arthur MacNeill, 1947-
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Hartlage, Lawrence C.
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| LC no. |
2003042536 |
| ISBN |
9780826118837 |
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0826118836 |
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9780826118844 |
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0826118844 |
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