The Forensic Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Handbook for Clinicians and Attorneys
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Few medical and legal professionals would have trouble locating a book on traumatic brain injury and forensic neuropsychology. But to locate a text on the forensic assessment process and clinical issues of TBI is akin to finding a needle in a haystack. Very few, if any, works exist on the subject.
The Forensic Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Handbook for Clinicians and Attorneys fills this void. It provides both the clinician involved in forensic examinations and the legal professional involved in litigation or legal proceedings of personal injury with a general overview of the legal issues and assessment process in TBI cases.
The book begins with an overview of key issues involved in the forensic assessment of TBI, including definitions and medical diagnostic terminology of interest to the forensic examiner and legal professional. Subsequent chapters provide an overview of the neurologic, neuropsychological and psychological forensic assessment process specific to brain injury cases. The final portion of the book focuses on the forensic examiner as expert witness.
Table of Contents
OVERVIEW OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: ISSUES IN THE FORENSIC ASSESSMENT, Gregory J. Murrey
Definitions and Criteria for Traumatic Brain Injury
Estimation of Premorbid Intelligence and Functioning
Post-Injury Emotional Functioning and Personality Assessment Issues
Assessment of Executive Control Dysfunctions and Impaired Awareness Following Brain Injury
Special Assessment Considerations in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Cases
THE FORENSIC NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Donald T. Starzinski
Elements of Forensic Neurological Diagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury
History
Examination
Laboratory Studies
Neurological Examination in Forensic Analysis
Neurologic History
Physical Examination
Diagnostic Testing/Laboratory Studies
The Neurologic Examination vs Independent Medical Examination
Specific Issues in the Independent Medical Examination (IME)
IME Requests
Diagnostic Studies
Summary/Interrogatives
Indications for Neurorehabilitation
Conclusion
THE FORENSIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION, Joseph Yedid
The Definition of the Neuropsychological Examination: Goals, Components and Applicability
The Specific Components and Assessment Strategies Included in the Neuropsychological Examination
Clinical Overview
The Structured Neuropsychological Assessment
Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test-Recall Version
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Third Edition
The Wechsler Memory Scale - Third Edition
The Comprehensive Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Evaluation
The Symbol Digit Modalities Test
The Sentence Completion Test
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-II
The Beck Depression Inventory - Second Edition
The Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms
Assessment of Malingering: Clinical vs Forensic Evaluation in the Neuropsychological Report
The Clinical Manifestation of Malingering
The Forensic Evaluation of Malingering
The Assessment of Malingering: Cognitive and Neuropsychological Functions
Correlation Between Neuropsychological Testing and Neurological Examination/Diagnostic Studies
The Electroencephalogram (EEG) and Evoked Potentials
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Concluding Remarks
THE FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Joseph Yedid
Psychological Assessments/Tests in Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Differential Diagnosis of Organic Versus Emotional Disorders
Estimation of the Patient's Premorbid IQ and Cognitive Ability
The Appropriate Utilization of Demographic Variables in order to Increase Diagnostic Accuracy
Verification of Pre-Existing and Co-Existing Medical Conditions
Individual Differences in Lateralization of Functions
Inclusion of Attentional Factors for Insuring Accurate Assessment of TBI
Depression in Patients with Acute Traumatic Brain Injury
The Interaction of Normal Aging, Depression, Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury
Behavioral and Personality Changes Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury
Grief and Loss Issues
Effect on Relationships
Concluding Remarks
THE FORENSIC EXAMINER AS AN EXPERT WITNESS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO BE A CREDIBLE WITNESS IN AN ADVERSARIAL SETTING, Joseph A. Davis and Gregory J. Murrey
Introduction
The Medical Professional and Neuropsychologist as Forensic Expert
Legal Tests of Admissibility and Expert Testimony
Court Appointed Forensic Experts
Impeachment of the Expert: Discrediting the Forensic Examiner
Compensation for the Forensic Expert
Research on Forensic Experts
Qualities of the Effective Expert
The Neuropsychologist as Expert Witness
Practical Issues for the Expert Witness in Traumatic Brain Injury Cases
The Initial Forensic Case Consultation: Duties, Responsibilities and Being Paid as an Expert Witness
The Forensic Expert as Witness and the Ad Hominem Attack
Advice for the Expert Witness in Forensic Litigation and Consulting Cases
Conclusion
Editorial Reviews
One of the few works that exist on this subject…Fills an important void.
--The Forensic Examiner
… after reading this book, most doctors dealing with brain trauma cases would be better able to evaluate the degree of brain trauma for forensic purposes, and would be able to deal with courts more confidently.
—Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
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