Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Litigation, Second Edition: Guidelines for Forensic Assessment
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (573 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1585620661 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Good I'm not sure that you get much more out of this book than a reding a combination ofWriting and Defending Your IME Report: The Comprehensive Guide and A Physician's Guide To Return To Work, and knowing about PTSD.This is a book by multiple authors. In some ways each chapter was just an introductory chapter and should have been followed with more detail.The 8th chapter was "Guidelines for Evaluation of Malingering in PTSD" by Phillip J Resnic
The guidelines proposed in each chapter are practical and clearly written. Sadoff, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Center for Studies in Social-Legal Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania""A vital resource for any forensics expert who testifies in court to understand lines of questioning by attorneys, as well as for psychological forensics experts who must perform retrospective psychological analyses."-- "J. His initial publication in 1995 served as a major aid for forensic psychi
Simon, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Program in Psychiatry and the Law at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C.. Robert I
Chapter 4 offers a rare perspective on PTSD in children and adolescents, including parental response to the trauma, developmental effects, and delayed onset symptoms.- Forensic assessment of PTSD claimants is presented in Chapter 5, followed by new chapters on disability determinants (how PTSD impairs occupational functioning) and PTSD in the workplace, where the causal relationship between employment stress and a resulting mental or emotional disorder must be determined.- Chapter 8 covers guidelines for malingering in PTSD, where the claimant may be motivated by financial gain or by a reduced charge resulting from an insanity defense.- A new chapter on f