Forensic mental health assessment (F.M.H.A.) has grown into a specialization informed by research and professional guidelines. This series presents up-to-date information on the most important and frequently conducted forms of F.M.H.A. . The 19 topical volumes address best approaches to practice for particular types of evaluation in the criminal, civil, and juvenile/family areas. Each volume contains a thorough discussion of the relevant legal and psychological concepts, followed by a step-by-step description of the assessment process from preparing for the evaluation to writing the report and testifying in court. Volumes include the following helpful features:· Boxes that zero in on important information for use in evaluations· Tips for best practice and cautions against common pitfalls· Highlighting of relevant case law and statutes· Separate list of assessment tools for easy reference· Helpful glossary of key terms for the particular topicIn making recommendations for best practice, authors consider empirical support, legal relevance, and consistency with ethical and professional standards. These volumes offer invaluable guidance for anyone involved in conducting or using forensic evaluations. This book addresses the assessment of personal injury claims, and explores the history and importance of this process, the legal standards and the procedure for applying this assessment in court. Established empirical foundations from the behavioral, social, and medical sciences are then presented. Finally, the book provides a detailed "how-to" for practitioners, including information on data collection, interpretation, report writing and expert testimony.

Evaluation for Personal Injury Claims (Best Practices in Forensic Mental Health Assessments)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Kane, Andrew W.

Psychology & Counseling

Oxford University Press

This book offers a welcome expansion on key concepts, terms, and issues in causality. It brings much needed clarity to psychological injury assessments and the legal contexts that employ them. Focusing on PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and chronic pain (and grounding readers in salient U.S. and Canadian case law), the book sets out a multifactorial causality framework to facilitate admissibility of psychological evidence in court.

Causality of Psychological Injury: Presenting Evidence in Court

Young, Gerald

Nicholson, Keith

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Springer

Psychological Experts in Divorce, Personal Injury and Other Civil Actions, 1994 Supplement

Ackerman, Marc J.

Reference

Wiley Law Pubns

Psychological Experts in Divorce, Personal Injury and Other Civil Actions: 1996 Cumulative Supplement

How to Examine Psychological Experts in Divorce and Other Civil Actions (Family Law Library)

Psychological Experts in Divorce, Personal Injury, and Other Civil Actions (Family Law Library)

Family Law

Psychological Experts in Divorce Actions combines relevant research into the top guide to fully comprehend the role of psychological evaluations in divorce and custody actions. Focused on providing the best approach to protecting client interests, the book explains all leading evaluation instruments, conclusions which may be drawn, and methods to support or challenge conclusions. It also assists with the numerous psychological factors that impact parties involved in divorce and custody situations.

Psychological Experts in Divorce, Personal Injury, and Other Civil Actions

Rules & Procedures

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

Emotionally charged issues abound in matrimonial practice, especially in custody disputes. Expert testimony can have a dramatic impact on the outcome of a case, and when matters are highly sensitive or sensational the seeming objectivity of an expert can be dispositive. To effectively reinforce or question that testimony, certain specialized knowledge is essential. Scientifically accepted standards and theories are constantly evolving. Keeping up with the data had been a challenge, but one integrated resource has made it simple. Aspen Publishers’ Psychological Experts in Divorce Actions pulls all the research together into the definitive guide to understanding the role of psychological evaluations in divorce and custody actions. Focused on providing the best approach to protecting your client’s interests, this work explains all the leading testing instruments,what conclusions may be drawn and how to challenge or support those conclusions. In addition to offering effective examination and cross-examination strategies, it assists you in handling the gamut of psychological factors that affect clients in divorce and custody cases. Authors Marc J. Ackerman, Ph.D., and Andrew W. Kane, Ph.D., are licensed psychologists who have been involved in hundreds of custody cases. Drawing on their extensive experience—testing parties to a divorce and treating psychological patients in the clinic—and as psychological experts in the courtroom, they identify the most important psychological evaluation research used in divorce and custody decision-making and distill the information into clear terms lawyers can readily apply.They also examine vital issues including: <ul>
<li> Ethics—confidentiality, privilege, duty to warn or protect (Tarasoff), sharing raw data, test integrity </li> <li> Sexual abuse—bona fide or fabricated allegations, psychological effects of sexual abuse, profiles of abuser and abused </li> <li> Testing—personality tests (including MMPI-2, and the new MMPI-2-RF, Rorschach,Millon,TAT); intelligence tests (Wechsler scales,Kaufman scales, Stanford Binet); custody tests (ASPECT, PCRI, PASS, BPS); and many more </li> <li> How divorce affects families—custody, placement, age and gender differences, grandparents, sexual preference, psychological problems </li> </ul>

Psychological Experts In Divorce Actions

Wolters Kluwer Law and Business

Psychological Experts in Divorce Actions

Gould, Jonathan

Dale, Milfred D

Law Practice

Wolters Kluwer/Law & Business

Psychological Experts in Personal Injury Actions

Health & Medical Law

Panel Pub

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