| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 412 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
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. |
| Summary |
Presents theory and research on the way that psychological factors affect the presentation, diagnosis, and course of illness when causality is at issue. This title offers an overview of the scientific knowledge base and the comprehensive assessment procedures to be followed to arrive at a proper determination for court or other related purposes. |
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Print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Forensic psychology.
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Forensic Psychiatry.
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Brain Injuries.
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Expert Testimony.
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Pain.
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Forensic Psychology.
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Forensic psychology. (OCoLC)fst00932009
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Law and Psychology.
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Forensic psychiatry.
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Brain Injuries.
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Expert Testimony.
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Pain.
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic.
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Electronic books.
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Forensic psychology.
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| Added Author |
Young, Gerald, 1947-
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Kane, Andrew W.
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Nicholson, Keith, Ph. D.
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| In: |
Springer e-books |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Psychological knowledge in court. New York : Springer, 2006 0387256091 9780387256092 (DLC) 2005926340 (OCoLC)65340668 |
| ISBN |
9780387256108 |
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0387256105 |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/b135748 doi |
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