Forensic neuropsychology a scientific approach 2nd Edition by Glenn Larrabee ISBN 9780190452445 0190452447

Neuropsychologists are frequently asked to serve as experts for court cases where judgments must be made as to the cause of, and prognosis for, brain diseases and injuries, as well as the impact of brain dysfunction on legal competencies and responsibilities. This fully-updated second edition describes the application of neuropsychology to legal issues in both the civil and criminal courts. The book emphasizes the scientific basis of neuropsychology, as well as using a scientific approach in addressing forensic questions. All of the contributors are recognized experts in their fields, and the chapters cover common forensic issues such as appropriate scientific reasoning, the assessment of malingering, productive attorney-neuropsychologist interactions, admissibility of neuropsychological evidence, and ethics. Also covered are functional neuroimaging in forensic neuropsychology and the determination of damages in personal injury litigation, including pediatric brain injury (traumatic injury and perinatal birth injury), mild, moderate, and severe traumatic brain injury in adults, neurotoxic injury, chronic pain, post-traumatic stress disorder, and assessment of medically unexplained symptoms. Civil competencies in elderly persons with dementia are addressed in a separate chapter, and two chapters deal with the assessment of competency and responsibility in criminal forensic neuropsychology. The book closes with a perspective on trends in forensic practice and research. Like the previous edition, this new volume is an invaluable resource for neuropsychologists, attorneys, neurologists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and their students and trainees.

Forensic neuropsychology a scientific approach 2nd Edition Table of contents:

1 A Scientific Approach to Forensic Neuropsychology

2 Neuropsychology and the Law: Principles of Productive Attorney-Neuropsychologist Relations

3 Admissibility of Expert Opinions based on Neuropsychological Evidence

4 Ethical Practice of Forensic Neuropsychology

5 Assessment of Malingering

6 Functional Neuroimaging in Forensic Neuropsychology

7 Perinatal Brain Injury

8 Forensic Aspects of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

9 Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

10 Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

11 Neurotoxic Injury

12 The Psychological Assessment of Persons with Chronic Pain

13 Forensic Assessment of Medically Unexplained Symptoms

14 Something to Talk About? The Status of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Clinical Neuropsychology

15 Assessing Civil Competencies in Older Adults with Dementia: Consent Capacity, Financial Capacity, and Testamentary Capacity

16 Criminal Forensic Neuropsychology and Assessment of Competency

17 Criminal Responsibility and Other Criminal Forensic Issues

18 Trends in Forensic Practice and Research

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