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Forensic neuropsychology has become a practice area of explosive growth and interest. Intended to elucidate and set the standards for clinical neuropsychologists engaged in evaluation and treatment of litigated cases, Forensic Neuropsychology: Fundamentals and Practice is primarily for practicing neuropsychologists and those in advanced clinical training. Attorneys will also find this book invaluable in understanding the mainstream practices, scope, and limitations of expert neuropsychologists.
With 15 chapters by twenty neuropsychologists and two legal experts, this edited volume conveys authoritatively the breadth of relevant information and state of the art of forensic neuropsychology.

Elucidates standards for clinical neuropsychologists engaged in evaluation and treatment of litigated cases. Contains sections on fundamentals, practice expertise, relevant populations, and parameters of the forensic arena, covering areas such as psychometrics, personality and emotional functioning, clinical and scientific foundations of the neuropsychological evaluation, differential diagnosis, and special pediatric issues. Descriptions of the legal environment, limitations of clinical neuropsychology, and characteristics of a good expert witness are also presented. For practicing neuropsychologists and those in advanced training. Also of interest to attorneys. The editor is affiliated with Evanston Hospital, Northwestern University, and Northwestern University Medical School. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

In recent years, forensic neuropsychology has become a practice area of explosive growth and interest. This text elucidates the practice of forensic neuropsychology for those who need to understand the scope and limitations of this field. Fifteen chapters by neuropsychology and legal experts organized into four sections (Fundamentals, Practice Expertise, Relevant Populations, and Parameters of the Legal Arena) convey authoritatively a breadth of relevant information and the state-of-the-art of forensic neuropsychology. Topic coverage includes essential psychometrics, evaluation of premorbid function, personality and emotional functioning, complexities of executive functions, variables affecting decision-making, clinical and scientific foundations of the neuropsychological evaluation, differential diagnosis, malingering, ecological validity, mild traumatic brain injury, neurotoxin-related encephalopathy, special pediatric issues.
Forensic Neuropsychology will be useful for: practicing clinical neuropsychologists and those in advanced training, plaintiff and defense attorneys whose practices include brain injured individuals, and other health care providers in non-psychology disciplines (e.g., psychiatry, neurology) who are providing expert opinions in litigated brain injury cases, and in doing so use and interact with opinions of neuropsychologists.

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'Without qualification, Forensic Neuropsychology: Fundamentals and Practice is an exceptional text. It offers a scientist practitioner model for integrating relevant clinical neuropsychological knowledge and focused applications of practice methodologies for forensic settings. It defines the objective scientific practice of forensic neuropsychology that should also be the model for clinical neuropsychology more generally. This book should be considered required reading for forensic clinicians and clinical neuropsychologists.' - Michael F. Martelli, Rehabilitation Neuropsychology Concussion Care Centre, Pinnacle Rehabilitation and Tree of Life, Virginia, in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

'Comprehensive and complete, Sweet's book covers a very complex area with a great depth and insight. It offers an excellent overview of previous research while presenting new ideas and viewpoints relevant to the current environment.' - Paul Satz, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA 'Comprehensive and complete, Sweet's book covers a very complex area with a great depth and insight. It offers an excellent overview of previous research whiile presenting new ideas and viewpoints relevant to the current environment.' -- Paul Satz, Neuropsychiatric Institue, UCLA.

'Without qualification, Forensic Neuropsychology: Fundamentals and practice is an exceptional text. It offers a scientist practioner model for integrating relevant clinical neuropsychological knowledge and focused applications of practice methodologies for forensic settings. It defines the objective scientific practice of Forensic Neuropsychology that should also be the model for clinical neuropsychology more generally. This book should be considered required reading for forensic clinicians and clinical neuropsychologists.' --Michael F. Martelli, Rehabilitation neuropsychology Concussion Care Centre, Pinnacle Rehabilitation and Tree of Life, Virgina, in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.

Part 1: Essential Psychometrics.

S. Berent, C.L. Swartz, Introduction. W. Drew Gouvier, Base Rates and Clinical Decision Making in Neuropsychology. S.H. Putnam, J.H. Rickers, S.R. Ross, J.E. Kurtz, Considering Premorbid Functioning: Beyond Cognition to a Conceptualization of Personality in Postinjury Functioning. Part 2: Practice Expertise. E.J. Rankin, R.L. Adams, The Neuropsychological Evaluation: Clinical and Scientific Foundations. L. Bieliauskas, The Measurement of Personality and Emotional Functioning. T. Kay, Interpreting Apparent Neuropsychological Deficits: What is Really Wrong? D.C. Osmon, Complexities in the Evaluation of Executive Functions. R.J. Sbordone, T.J. Guilmette, Ecological Validity: Prediction of Everyday and Vocational Functioning from Neuropsychological Test Data. J.J. Sweet, Malingering: Differential Diagnosis. J.P. Rosenfeld, J.W. Ellwanger, Cognitive Psychophysiology in Detection of Mailingered Cognitive Defecit. Part 3: Relevant Populations. R.M. Ruff, A.M. Richardson, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. D.E. Hartman, Neuropsychology and the (Neuro) Toxic Tort. R. Lorber, H. Yurk, Special Pediatric Issues: Neuropsychological Applications and Consulations in Schools. Part 4: Parameters of the Forensic Arena. J. Sherrod Taylor, The Legal Environment Pertaining To Clinical Neuropsychology. P.R. Less-Haley, L.J. Cohen, The Neuropsychologist as Expert Witness: Toward Credible Science in the Courtroom. Conclusion. B.P. Rourke,

Afterword.

Jerry J. Sweet