Research Catalog

Title

Psychological knowledge in court : PTSD, pain, and TBI / Gerald Young, Andrew W. Kane, Keith Nicholson, editors.

Publication

New York : Springer, 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Young, Gerald, 1947-
• Kane, Andrew W.
• Nicholson, Keith, Ph. D.

Description

xv, 412 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"PTSD, pain syndromes, traumatic brain injury: these three areas are common features of personal injury cases, often forming the cornerstone of expert testimony. Yet their complex interplay in an individual can make evaluation - and explaining the results in court - extremely difficult." "Psychological Knowledge in Court focuses on this triad separately and in combination, creating a unique guide to forensic evaluations that fulfills both legal and clinical standards. Its meticulous review of the literature identifies and provides clear guidelines for addressing core issues in causality, chronicity, and assessment." "The editors and their 37 contributors explore psychological sequelae across traumatic events as diverse as auto accidents and sexual assault, cogently discuss confounding factors, and pinpoint diagnostic and methodological controversies. In addition, the book reviews key concepts in evidence law that every practitioner should know to be effective on the stand." "Both mental health and legal professionals will benefit from this forward-looking resource. Its integrative, nuanced coverage makes it vital reading not only for psychologists, psychiatrists, and rehabilitation specialists, but for tort lawyers and judges as well."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Posttraumatic stress disorder, pain and traumatic brain injury

Subject

• Forensic psychology
• Forensic psychiatry
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Pain
• Brain damage
• Brain > Wounds and injuries
• Forensic Psychiatry
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
• Pain
• Brain Injuries
• Expert Testimony
• Brain Damage, Chronic
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Forensic psychiatry
• Brain > Wounds and injuries
• Brain damage
• Forensic psychology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sect. I. Introduction. 1. Introduction to psychological knowledge in court: PTSD, pain, and TBI / Gerald Young, Andrew W. Kane, & Keith Nicholson -- 2. Psychology, causality, and court / Andrew W. Kane -- Sect. II. PTSD/Distress. 3. Understanding PTSD: implications for court / Gerald Young & Rachel Yehuda -- 4. Posttraumatic disorders following injury: assessment and other methodological considerations / Meaghan L. O'Donnell et al. -- 5. Predicting who will develop posttraumatic stress disorder / Daniel S. Weiss & Emily J. Ozer -- 6. Assessment of psychological distress and disability after sexual assault in adults / Melissa A. Polusny & Paul A. Arbisi --Sect. III. Chronic pain. 7. Pain in the 21st century: the neuromatrix and beyond / Ronald Melzach & Joel Katz -- 8. Influence of personality characteristics of pain patients: implications for causality in pain / Robert J. Gatchel & Nancy Kishino -- 9. Effect of cognition on pain experience and pain behavior: diathesis -- stress and the causal conundrum / Tamar Pincus -- 10. Chronic pain and affect as a nonlinear dynamical system / Gerald Young & C. Richard Chapman -- 11. Objective and subjective measurement of pain: current approaches for forensic applications / Jeffrey J. Sherman & Richard Ohrbach -- Sect. IV. PTSD and pain. 12. Posttraumatic stress disorder and whiplash after motor vehicle accidents / Brian M. Freidenberg et al. -- 13. PTSD and chronic pain: cognitive-behavioral perspectives and practical implications / Gordon J.G. Asmundson & Steven Taylor -- 14. Comorbid chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder across the lifespan: a review of theoretical models / John D. Otis, Donna B. Pincus & Terence M. Keane -- Sect. V. Traumatic brain injury. 15. Mild traumatic brain injury: definitions / Jeffrey T. Barth, Ronald Ruff, & Patricia Espe-Pfeifer -- 16. Mild traumatic brain injury: neuropsychological causality modelling / Rodney D. Vanderploeg, Heather G. Belanger & Glenn Curtiss -- 17. Mild Traumatic brain injury: causality considerations from a neuroimaging and neuropathology perspective / Erin D. Bigler -- 18. Confounding effects of pain, psychoemotional problems or psychiatric disorder, premorbid ability structure, and motivational or other factors on neuropsychological test performance / Keith Nicholson & Michael F. Martelli -- 19. Neuropsychological assessment of moderate to severe traumatic brain injury / Brigitte N. Patry & Catherine A. Mateer -- Sect. VI. Conclusions. 20. Conclusions on psychological knowledge in court: PTSD, pain, and TBI / Gerald Young, Keith Nicholson & Andrew W. Kane.

ISBN

• 0387256091
• 9780387256092
• 0387256105
• 9780387256108
• 1441938125
• 9781441938121

LCCN

2005926340

OCLC

• ocm65340668
• 65340668
• SCSB-9714014

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library