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Psychological injuries : forensic assessment, treatment, and law /

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This title describes the law related to forensic assessment of and treatment for psychological injuries, particularly posttraumatic stress disorder. A comprehensive guide to psychological injuries, it is suitable for mental health practitioners researchers, and legal professionals who work with psyc...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Koch, William J., 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:American Psychology-Law Society series.
Subjects:
Liability for emotional distress > United States.
Personal injuries > United States.
Forensic psychology > United States.
Traumatic neuroses > Treatment > United States.
Dommage corporel > États-Unis.
Psychologie légale > États-Unis.
Névroses traumatiques > Traitement > États-Unis.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Forensic Psychology > United States.
Forensic psychology
Liability for emotional distress
Personal injuries
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Definition and history of the concept of psychological injury
  • Legal contexts and law related to psychological injuries
  • General assessment issues with psychological injuries
  • Detecting exaggeration and malingering in psychological injury claims / Grant L. Iverson and Rael T. Lange
  • Common vulnerabilities in psychological evidence
  • Gender, trauma, and distress
  • Ethnocultural minorities
  • Prevention and rehabilitation of psychological injuries
  • Psychological injury cases
  • Current status and future trends.