Traumatic brain injury : methods for clinical and forensic neuropsychiatric assessment /: methods for clinical and forensic neuropsychiatric assessment. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert P. Granacher.
• Other Names: Granacher, Robert P, 1941-
• Contents: THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ; Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury; Classification of Head Injury ; General Classification of Head Injury ; Blunt Head Trauma, Penetrating Head Trauma, Blast or Explosion, Overpressure Trauma, Sports Injuries, Head Injury in Infancy and Childhood; Neuropathology of Traumatic Brain Injury; Potential Neurodegeneration; Damage to the Neurofilamentous Cytoskeleton Alterations of Calcium Homeostasis, Apoptosis and Cellular Death, Acute Biochemical Markers; The Pathology of Head Injury ; Skull Fracture, Focal Head Injury, Diffuse (Multifocal) Brain Damage; Secondary Injury after Head Trauma ; Vascular Failure, Intracranial Hypertension, Brain Shift and Herniation; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC AND PSYCHIATRIC SYNDROMES FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ; Neuropsychiatric Syndromes ; Adult Cognitive Disorders, Adult Executive Disorders, Child Cognitive Disorders, Child Executive Disorders, Post-Concussion Syndrome, Frontal Lobe Syndromes, Posttraumatic Seizure Disorders, Posttraumatic Headaches, Normal-Pressure, Hydrocephalus, Posttraumatic Fatigue and Excessive Daytime Somnolence, Balance Disorders, Sexual Disorders; Psychiatric Syndromes; Depression, Mania, Anxiety Disorders, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Psychosis, Personality Changes, Aggression, References; GATHERING THE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC HISTORY FOLLOWING BRAIN TRAUMA ; Taking the Adult Brain Injury History; Post-trauma Symptoms and Treatment ; Taking the Child Brain Injury History; Post-trauma Symptoms and Treatment; Review of the Medical Records; Emergency Room Records, The Hospital Record, Cognitive Rehabilitation Records, Occupational and Physical Therapy Records, Speech and Language Pathology Records; Taking the Collateral History; THE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC MENTAL STATUS AND NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ; The Adult Mental Examination ; The Adult Neurological Examination; Involuntary Movements, Sensory Examination, Reflexes, Coordination and Gait; Motor Vehicle Driving after Traumatic Brain Injury; The Child Mental Examination ; Child Neurological Examination ; THE USE OF STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING IN THE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ; Structural Imaging of Brain Trauma; Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional Imaging of Brain Trauma, Positron Emission Tomography, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Electroencephalography, Special Problems in Pediatrics; General Pediatric Perspectives; Nonaccidental Trauma (Child Abuse) ; Standardized Neurocognitive Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury ; Basic Statistics of Psychological Testing; Adult Neurocognitive Assessment; Child Neurocognitive Assessment ; Measuring Cognitive Injury in the Very Young Child ; BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ; The Adult; Affect and Mood Changes following TBI, Measuring Mood Changes, Aggression, Measuring Aggression, Effects of Brain Injury upon Sexual Behavior, Psychosocial Functioning; Traumatic Brain Injury and Impact upon Emotional Intelligence, Measuring Aspects of Emotional Intelligence following Brain Injury ; The Child; Affect and Mood Changes after TBI, Measuring Mood Changes in Children, Aggression, Psychosocial Functioning in Brain-Injured Children; Dynamics of Traumatic Brain Injury within the Family or with Significant Others; The Adult, the Child, Measurement of Patient Neurobehavioral Function within the Family System; NEUROBEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ; Analysis of the Data; The Injury Records, the Neuropsychiatric Examination Database; Establishing Neuropsychiatric Deficits; Neuropsychiatric Treatment Planning; Pharmacologic Management of Cognitive Disorders following, Psychotherapy following Traumatic Brain Injury, Family Interventions and Therapy, Cognitive Rehabilitation; Clinical Neurobehavioral Analysis of Case Data; Case Study: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury as a Result of Motor Vehicle Accident ; Case Study: Moderate Brain Injury due to Slip-and-Fall ; Case Study: Severe Brain Injury as a Result of a Tractor-Trailer Truck Accident ; Case Study: Child Traumatic Brain Injury ; FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS: DISTINCTIONS FROM EXAMINATIONS FOR TREATMENT AND THE DETECTION OF DECEPTION ; Critical Differences between Treatment Examinations and Forensic Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury; Are You Examining a Patient or an Examinee?; Ethics and Boundary Issues of the Forensic Neuropsychiatric Examination; Legal Rules Governing the Admissibility of Scientific; Evidence at Court, Frye V. United States: General Acceptance Standards, Daubert V. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc, General Electric Company V. Joiner, Kumho Tire Company V. Carmichael ; Detection of Deception during Neuropsychiatric Examination of; Traumatic Brain Injury, Malingering, Detection of Cognitive Malingering, Detection of Psychological Malingering, Detection of Somatic (Physical) Malingering; CAUSATION, DAMAGES, OUTCOME, AND IMPAIRMENT DETERMINATION FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ; Causation; Damages; Outcomes following Traumatic Brain Injury; Outcomes for Adults following Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Outcomes in Children following Traumatic Brain Injury ; Evaluating Legal Competence following Traumatic; Brain Injury, Adult Competence, Child Competence; Determining Impairment following Traumatic Brain Injury ; Disability Determination following Traumatic Brain Injury ; Forensic Medical History ; FORENSIC NEUROBEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY DATA ; Introduction ; Analysis of the Forensic Data Following Traumatic Brain Injury; Case Study: Severe Central Facial Fractures Resulting in Traumatic Brain Injury ; Case Study: Multiple Brain Traumas as a Result of Assault and Battery ; Case Study: Faking a Brain Injury in Order to Obtain Workers’ Compensation Benefits
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla London : CRC Taylor & Francis [distributor]
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (560 pages)
• Subjects: 617.481044; Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Diagnosis; Brain damage; Forensic neuropsychology; Brain Injuries -- complications; Brain Injuries -- diagnosis; Expert Testimony; Forensic Psychiatry -- methods; Neuropsychological Tests; MEDICAL -- Surgery -- Neurosurgery; Brain damage; Brain -- Wounds and injuries -- Diagnosis; Forensic neuropsychology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780849381393; 0849381398
• Related ISBNs: 9780849381386; 084938138X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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