Psychological injuries : forensic assessment, treatment, and law / William J. Koch [and others].

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Description
ix, 318 pages ; 25 cm.

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    Series
    American Psychology-Law Society series [More in this series]
    Summary note
    • "Integrating the history of psychological injuries both from legal and mental health perspectives, this book offers compelling discussions of relevant statutory and case law. Focusing especially on posttraumatic stress disorder, it addresses the current status and empirical limitations of forensic assessments of psychological injuries and alerts readers to common vulnerabilities in expert evidence from mental health professionals. In addition, it also uses the latest empirical research to provide the best forensic methods for assessing both clinical conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder and for alternative explanations such as malingering.
    • The authors offer state-of-the-art information on early intervention, psychological therapies, and pharmaceutical treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder and stimulating suggestions for further research. A comprehensive guide to this complex phenomenon, this book will be an indispensable resource for all mental health practitioners, researchers, and legal professionals who work with psychological injuries."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-308) and index.
    Contents
    • Definition and history of the concept of psychological injury
    • Legal contexts and law related to psychological injuries
    • General assessment issues with psychological injuries
    • Detecting exaggeration and malingering in psychological injury claims / Grant L. Iverson and Rael T. Lange
    • Common vulnerabilities in psychological evidence
    • Gender, trauma, and distress
    • Ethnocultural minorities
    • Prevention and rehabilitation of psychological injuries
    • Psychological injury cases
    • Current status and future trends.
    ISBN
    • 0195188284 ((paperback))
    • 9780195188288 ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2005003877
    OCLC
    57652295
    International Article Number
    • 9780195188288
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