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

Appendix B: Select Issues in the \nForensic Assessment of \nTraumatic Brain Injury with Key \nReferences from the Research \nLiterature......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 0
Appendix C: Listing of State \nCourts Using Federal Rule 702 \nand/or Daubert Standard \nDaubert Standard......Page 5
The Forensic Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injury......Page 6
Dedication......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
Editor......Page 11
Contributors......Page 12
Table of Contents......Page 13
List of Tables and Figures......Page 14
1.1 DEFINITIONS AND CRITERIA FOR TBI......Page 16
1.1.2 POST-TRAUMATIC AMNESIA......Page 17
1.1.3 ALTERATION MENTAL STATUS......Page 19
1.2 ESTIMATION OF PREMORBID INTELLIGENCE AND FUNCTIONING......Page 22
1.3 POST-INJURY EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING AND PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT ISSUES......Page 26
1.4 ASSESSMENT OF EXECUTIVE CONTROL DYSFUNCTIONS AND IMPAIRED AWARENESS FOLLOWING BRAIN INJURY......Page 28
1.5 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT CONSIDERATIONS IN MILD TBI CASES......Page 30
REFERENCES......Page 33
2.1 ELEMENTS OF FORENSIC NEUROLOGIC DIAGNOSIS OF TBI......Page 38
2.1.2 EXAMINATION......Page 39
2.1.3 LABORATORY STUDIES......Page 40
2.2.1 NEUROLOGIC HISTORY......Page 41
2.2.2 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION......Page 43
2.2.3 DIAGNOSTIC TESTING/LABORATORY STUDIES......Page 44
2.3 THE NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION......Page 45
2.4 SPECIFIC ISSUES IN THE INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION (IME)......Page 49
2.4.1 IME REQUESTS......Page 50
2.4.2 DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES......Page 51
2.5 INDICATIONS FOR NEUROREHABILITATION......Page 52
2.6 CONCLUSION......Page 53
REFERENCES......Page 54
CONTENTS......Page 56
3.1 THE DEFINITION OF THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION: GOALS, COMPONENTS, AND APPLICABILITY......Page 57
3.1.1 THE SPECIFIC COMPONENTS ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES INCLUDED NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION......Page 58
3.1.3 THE STRUCTURED NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT......Page 59
3.1.4 BENDER VISUAL- MOTOR GESTALT TEST — RECALL VERSION......Page 60
3.1.5 THE WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE — THIRD EDITION......Page 61
3.1.6 THE WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE — THIRD EDITION......Page 63
3.1.7 THE COMPREHENSIVE HALSTEAD-REITAN NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION......Page 64
3.1.9 THE SENTENCE COMPLETION TEST......Page 66
3.1.10 THE MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY- II......Page 67
3.1.11 THE BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY — SECOND EDITION......Page 68
3.1.12 THE STRUCTURED INTERVIEW REPORTED SYMPTOMS......Page 69
3.2 ASSESSMENT OF MALINGERING: CLINICAL FORENSIC EVALUATION IN THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REPORT......Page 70
3.2.1 THE CLINICAL MANIFESTATION MALINGERING......Page 72
3.2.2 THE FORENSIC EVALUATION MALINGERING......Page 74
3.2.3 THE ASSESSMENT MALINGERING: COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS......Page 77
3.3 CORRELATION BETWEEN NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING AND NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION/DIAGNOSTIC STUDIES......Page 82
3.3.1 THE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) EVOKED POTENTIALS......Page 83
3.3.2 FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING......Page 84
3.4 CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 85
REFERENCES......Page 86
CONTENTS......Page 101
4.1. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS/TESTS IN TBI AND PTSD......Page 102
4.2 DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF ORGANIC EMOTIONAL DISORDERS......Page 103
4.2.1 ESTIMATION IQ AND COGNITIVE ABILITY......Page 106
4.2.2 THE APPROPRIATE UTILIZATION DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES INCREASE DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY......Page 107
4.2.3 VERIFICATION PRE-EXISTING CO-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS......Page 109
4.2.4 INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES LATERALIZATION FUNCTIONS......Page 111
4.2.5 INCLUSION ATTENTIONAL FACTORS INSURING ACCURATE ASSESSMENT TBI......Page 112
4.2.6 DEPRESSION PATIENTS ACUTE TBI......Page 116
4.2.7 THE INTERACTION NORMAL AGING, DEPRESSION, DEMENTIA, TBI......Page 118
4.2.8 BEHAVIORAL PERSONALITY CHANGES ASSOCIATED TBI......Page 124
4.2.9 GRIEF LOSS ISSUES......Page 127
4.2.10 EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS......Page 130
4.3 CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 132
REFERENCES......Page 133
5.1 INTRODUCTION......Page 145
5.2.1 LEGAL TESTS ADMISSIBILITY EXPERT TESTIMONY......Page 147
5.2.2 COURT APPOINTED FORENSIC EXPERTS......Page 150
5.2.3 IMPEACHMENT EXPERT: DISCREDITING FORENSIC EXAMINER......Page 151
5.2.5 RESEARCH FORENSIC EXPERTS......Page 152
5.2.6 QUALITIES EFFECTIVE EXPERT......Page 154
5.2.7 THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST EXPERT WITNESS......Page 155
5.3.1 THE INITIAL FORENSIC CASE CONSULTATION: DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, BEING PAID EXPERT WITNESS......Page 157
5.3.3 ADVICE EXPERT WITNESS FORENSIC LITIGATION CONSULTING CASES......Page 159
5.4 CONCLUSION......Page 162
REFERENCES......Page 163
Appendix A: Model Outline for \nthe Assessment of Mild \nTraumatic Brain Injury......Page 165