Forensic Neuropsychology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Forensic Neuropsychology: Introduction and Overview

   • Charles J. Golden

   Pages 1-47

3. Severe Head Trauma in a Case with Premorbid Disabilities

   • Jeffrey Katz

   Pages 49-56

4. Cognitive and Emotional Problems Arising from a Head Injury

   • Elizabeth Teegarden

   Pages 57-64

5. Pre-Existing Alcoholism Followed by Head and Body Trauma

   • George Archibald

   Pages 65-74

6. Head Trauma in a High School Girl with Subtle Residual Symptoms

   • Iris Rucker

   Pages 75-89

7. Effects of Head Trauma in a Four-And-One-Half-Year-Old Child: Developmental Issues

   • Jane Crowley

   Pages 91-104

8. Deposition in a Case Involving Brain Injury and Neuropsychology

   • Charles J. Golden

   Pages 105-138

9. Example of Test Research Information Necessary for Forensic Testimony

   • Charles J. Golden

   Pages 139-182

10. Brief Review of the Nebraska Neuropsychological Evaluation (NENE)

    • Charles J. Golden

    Pages 183-187

11. Back Matter

    Pages 189-190

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Neuropsychology has become an increasingly active participant in forensie issues over the past decade. This has been the result of increased recognition by psychologists of the potential role they can play in evaluating patients involved in lawsuits and the increasing sophistication of lawyers who have recognized that damages can go beyond claims of physical and motoric impairment. However, this increase in involvement has not always been matched by a more sophisticated recognition of how the client (whether plaintiff or defendant) can best be served by the neuropsychologist. I have personally seen or reviewed many cases in which the psychologists involved did not effectively present their case. This partially occurred because they failed to recognize the difference in presentations aimed at clinical audiences and those aimed at a legal proceeding. It also occurred because they failed to recognize that the standard of proof necessary is very different in a hospital and in a courtroom. Finally, it occurred because they rarely recognized what the unique role of the psychologist can be in either countering or supporting the testimony of medical specialists. The purpose of this volume is to bring some light on these questions. The presentations here are write-ups of the work presented at the Third Annual Conference on the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery held in Omaha during May, 1985. All of the papers emphasize the role of the Luria-Nebraska but the ideas can be used with almost any test.

• cognition
• neuropsychology
• psychology

• University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA

  Charles J. Golden, Mary Ann Strider

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