The Forensic Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury : A Handbook for Clinicians and Attorneys, Second Edition

Drawing on the expertise of several well-known figures in the medical, neuropsychological, and legal professions, Forensic Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Handbook for Clinicians and Attorneys, Second Edition provides a concise, general overview of the forensic assessment process and the issues surrounding Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The book identifies key topics involved in forensic assessment, including definitions and select medical diagnostic terminology, and reviews the neurologic, neuropsychiatric, neuropsychological, and psychological assessment processes specific to brain injury cases. The second edition is updated and revised to include a new chapter on neuropsychiatric evaluation as performed by a clinical or forensic neuropsychiatrist. It delineates the distinct differences between the forensic neurological and neuropsychiatric assessments, acknowledging the overlaps and defining the separate focus of each discipline. New information on forensic testimony and the forensic examiner as an expert witness covers the qualifications and credibility of the forensic expert and the admissibility of expert testimony in TBI cases. The handbook highlights the most recent court rulings and possible modification to the admissibility of forensic testimony. Also new to this edition is a chapter on neuropsychological rehabilitation issues after TBI. It outlines crucial information on treatments, services, and facilities that may be required temporarily or ongoing and thus have bearing during litigation and on the outcome of a traumatic brain injury case. Forensic Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Handbook for Clinicians and Attorneys, Second Edition offers clinically useful and practical tables and reference pages that are indispensable for forensic examiners, expert witnesses, and legal professionals alike. Booknews Provides both clinicians involved in forensic examinations and legal professionals involved in litigation or legal proceedings of personal injury with an overview of legal issues and assessment processes in traumatic brain injury (TBI) cases. Early chapters cover definitions and medical diagnostic terminology. Subsequent chapters cover neurologic, neuropsychological, and psychological forensic assessment processes in brain injury cases. A final section focuses on the forensic examiner as expert witness. The editor is director of neuropsychology and neurobehavioral services at the Minnesota Neurorehabilitation Hospital. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Contents 6 List of Tables and Figures 10 Preface 12 Acknowledgments 14 About the Editors 16 Contributors 18 Chapter 1. Overview of Traumatic Brain Injury: Issues in the Forensic Assessment 20 Chapter 2. The Forensic Neurological Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury 44 Chapter 3. The Forensic Neuropsychiatric Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury 62 Chapter 4. The Forensic Neuropsychological Evaluation and Report 86 Chapter 5. Neuropsychological and Psychological Rehabilitation After TBI 110 Chapter 6. Legal Issues in Expert Testimony 138 Chapter 7. The Forensic Examiner as an Expert Witness: What You Need to Know to Be a Credible Witness in an Adversarial Setting 160 Appendix A: Model Outline for the Assessment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury 176 Appendix B: Select Issues in the Forensic Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury with Key References from the Research Literature 182 Appendix C: Listing of State Courts Using Federal Rule 702 or the Daubert Standard 186 Index 188 Overview of Traumatic Brain Injury: Issues in the Forensic Assessment, G.J. MurreyThe Forensic Neurological Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury, D.T. StarzinskiThe Forensic Neuropsychiatric Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury, R. GranacherThe Forensic Neuropsychological Evaluation & Report, H.V. Soper and A. MacNeill Horton, Jr. Neuropsychological and Psychological Rehabilitation after TBI, F. ConstantinidouLegal Issues in Expert Testimony, D.A. BronsteinThe Forensic Examiner as an Expert Witness: What You Need to Know to be a Credible Witness in an Adversarial Setting , J.A. Davis, G.J. Murrey and D.A. BronsteinAppendix A: Model Outline for the Assessment of Mild Traumatic Brain InjuryAppendix B: Select Issues in the Forensic Assessments of Brain Injury with Key References from the Research LiteratureAppendix C: Listing of State Courts Using the Federal Rule 702 and/or Daubert StandardAppendix D: Rancho Los Amigos ScaleIndex Overview of traumatic brain injury: issues in the forensic assessment / Gregory J. Murrey The forensic neurological assessment of traumatic brain injury / Donald T. Starzinski The forensic neuropsychiatric assessment of traumatic brain injury / Robert Granacher The forensic neuropsychological evaluation & report / Henry V. Soper and Arthur MacNeill Horton, Jr. Neuropsychological and psychological rehabilitation after TBI / Fofi Constantinidou Legal issues in expert testimony / Daniel A. Bronstein The forensic examiner as an expert witness: what you need to know to be a credible witness in an adversarial setting / Joseph A. Davis, Gregory J. Murrey and Daniel A. Bronstein. Provides a comprehensive coverage of the research on traumatic brain injury and related forensic issues. This book includes chapters on forensic neuropsychiatric assessment, psychological and neuropsychological rehabilitation, and issues in physical rehabilitation. It covers the qualifications and credibility of the forensic expert Offers the clinician involved in forensic examinations and the legal professional involved in litigation or legal proceedings of personal injury with a general overview of the legal issues and assessment process in TBI cases. The incidence of brain injury in the United States has been estimated to be in excess of ten million new cases each year (Hartlage, 1990).