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Neuropsychological evaluation in the assessment of personal injury
Author(s) -
Wasyliw Orest E.,
Golden Charles J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/bsl.2370030204
Subject(s) - malingering , neuropsychology , neuropsychological assessment , personal injury , credentialing , psychology , rehabilitation , poison control , cognition , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medical emergency , medical education , physical therapy , political science , law
Neuropsychological evaluation offers unique potentials in the assessment of personal injury claims. Strengths and limitations of major approaches to testing are reviewed, and special attention is given to applications in the particular forensic areas of head injury, toxic environments, physical disease, and malpractice. The varieties of cognitive, emotional, and interpersonal damages which may occur with brain injury are described. Suggestions are provided for forensically appropriate neuropsychological assessment, as well as guidelines offered for discerning inappropriate practices. Issues of neurological malingering, credentialing of the expert, and forensic roles of the neuropsychologist in rehabilitation are discussed.