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 supports this 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 professional qualifications. A final section is devoted to specialized areas such as children, neuro-toxicology, criminal cases, and competency and the future of forensic neuropsychology.
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Section 1 Foundations: overview of forensic neuropsychology; the neuropsychological basis of intelligence, revised - some false starts and a clinical model; normative data and scaling issues in neuropsychology; diagnostic decision-making in neuropsychology; detecting malingering in civil forensic evaluations. Section 2 Issues unique to brain injury: epidemiology of traumatic brain injury; neuroimaging in forensic neuropsychology; behavioural change following traumatic brain injury; utilizing neuropsychological assessment in disability determination and rehabilitation planning. Section 3 Practice issues: depositions; diagnostic issues - attorney perspective; neuropsychology in the courtroom. Section 4 Ethical issues: to release, or not to release "raw test data", that is the question; trained third party presence during forensic neuropsychological evaluations; conflicts of interest and other pitfalls for the expert witness. Section 5 Special areas: forensic neuropsychology with children; forensic neurotoxicology; forensic neuropsychological assessment in criminal law cases; neuropsychological evaluations in the context of competency decisions; future of forensic neuropsychology.
