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Neuropsychology and the Law

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Jane Dywan

    1. Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada
      Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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  2. Ronald D. Kaplan

    1. Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
      Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals, Psychology Services, McMaster University Medical Center, Hamilton, Canada

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  3. Francis J. Pirozzolo

    1. Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Neuropsychology (SSNEUROPSYCHOL)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Neuropsychology and Its Applications to the Legal Forum

    • Francis J. Pirozzolo, Janice Funk, Jane Dywan
    Pages 1-23

  3. Minor Head Injury and the Post-Concussive Syndrome

    • Nils R. Varney, Janet Smith Shepherd
    Pages 24-38

  4. Workers’ Compensation and Clinical Neuropsychological Assessment

    • Antonio E. Puente, James B. Gillespie Jr.
    Pages 39-63

  5. Assessing the Neuropsychological Abilities of Children and Adolescents for Personal Injury Litigation

    • Maureen Dennis
    Pages 64-92

  6. The Assessment of Competency in the Older Adult

    • Jane Dywan, Gabe J. Maletta, Francis J. Pirozzolo
    Pages 93-134

  7. Legal Applications of Electrophysiological Assessments

    • Diana Fishbein, Robert W. Thatcher
    Pages 135-163

  8. The Use of Neuroimaging Techniques in Brain Injury

    • Ruben C. Gur, Raquel E. Gur
    Pages 164-185

  9. The Problems of Prognosis

    • Bryan D. Fantie, Bryan Kolb
    Pages 186-238

  10. Can Competencies be Retrained? A Critical Appraisal of Cognitive Rehabilitation

    • Catherine A. Mateer, Alison Mary Weber
    Pages 239-261

  11. Developing Legislation and the Concept of Disability

    • Ronald D. Kaplan
    Pages 262-273

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 275-295
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About this book

We have had a number of interesting cases come to our attention over the years. The following are illustrative of some of the issues that can emerge at the interface between neuropsychology and the law. The first involved a patient suffering from a debilitating fear of heights. The fear seemed a reasonable consequence of the fact that he had been a passenger on a plane that crashed while attempting take off. Given that many of the passengers and crew died or were seriously injured, this man was quite fortunate. In fact, he could be said to have lived a charmed life. It had been just a year since he had been involved in an industrial accident in which he could have easily died. He came away from that accident with injuries to his legs and a concussion. That accident had also involved him falling from a considerable height so that there was some discussion among clinic staff about how well the patient's circumstances and symptoms fit the diagnostic category of "posttraumatic stress disorder. " Supportive psychotherapy was used as an aid in dealing with his re­ curring memories of the plane crash and systematic desensitization was quite successful in reducing the most disruptive consequences of his fear of heights. However, during the course of treatment, it became apparent that there were a number of problems that had not been addressed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada

    Jane Dywan

  • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

    Jane Dywan, Ronald D. Kaplan

  • Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals, Psychology Services, McMaster University Medical Center, Hamilton, Canada

    Ronald D. Kaplan

  • Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

    Francis J. Pirozzolo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neuropsychology and the Law

  • Editors: Jane Dywan, Ronald D. Kaplan, Francis J. Pirozzolo

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Neuropsychology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3106-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7798-9Published: 05 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-3106-6Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1431-8571

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 295

  • Topics: Psychology, general

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