Traumatic Event Exposure and Behavioral Health Disorders among Incarcerated Females Self-Referred to TreatmentPsychological Injury and Law - Tập 3 - Trang 155-163 - 2010
Nancy Wolff, Roshnee Vazquez, B. Christopher Frueh, Jing Shi, Brooke E. Schumann, Douglas Gerardi
At least half of the women inside prison have mental health problems, have experienced physical, sexual, or emotional abuse during their formative years and often in adulthood, and have addiction problems. Only a minority of these women receive treatment for their behavioral health problems associated with trauma while incarcerated, even though these problems are risk factors for returning to pris...... hiện toàn bộ
From Subjective Cognitive Decline to Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia: Clinical and Capacity Assessment ConsiderationsPsychological Injury and Law - Tập 16 - Trang 273-287 - 2022
Amir A. Sepehry, Izabela Z. Schultz, Douglas A. Cohen, Sarah Greer
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a prevalent condition with major implications for both society as a whole and on an individual level. The progression from MCI to dementia as part of the Alzheimer’s continuum has been widely studied. This progression is considered as an intermediate clinical stage from normal aging for many individuals before meeting full criteria for dementia. The identificatio...... hiện toàn bộ
SVT Meets PVT: Development and Initial Validation of the Inventory of Problems – Memory (IOP-M)Psychological Injury and Law - Tập 13 - Trang 261-274 - 2020
Luciano Giromini, Donald J. Viglione, Alessandro Zennaro, Anna Maffei, Laszlo A. Erdodi
A growing literature indicates that to evaluate the credibility of a clinical presentation it would be optimal to rely on multiple sources of information, and use both symptom validity tests (SVTs) and performance validity tests (PVTs) whenever possible. In this paper, we present the development and initial validation of a PVT module designed to be used in combination with a free-standing SVT. Nam...... hiện toàn bộ
Clarifying Sound and Suspect Use of the Rorschach in Forensic Mental Health Evaluations: A Response to Areh et al. (2022)Psychological Injury and Law - Tập 16 - Trang 158-176 - 2023
Corine de Ruiter, Luciano Giromini, Gregory J. Meyer, Christopher M. King, Benjamin A. Rubin
Areh et al. (Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 29:183–205, 2022) recently commented on what standards should be applied to determine whether a test is appropriate for psycholegal use and concluded that the Rorschach does not meet their proposed standards. Accordingly, they concluded that psychologists should not use it in legal contexts. However, Areh et al.’s (2022) claims are based on a significant...... hiện toàn bộ
Psychological Injury and Law: Editorial on Practice CriteriaPsychological Injury and Law - Tập 2 - Trang 4-9 - 2009
Gerald Young
The area of psychological injury and law is one that is interdisciplinary, requiring knowledge in multiple areas. Psychologists should acquire the necessary background knowledge before working in it. At the same time, many clinicians encounter these types of cases. Credentialing bodies in states and provinces should consider establishing criteria for working in the area of psychological injury and...... hiện toàn bộ
Valid Psychological Injury Claims: Respecting the Needs of SurvivorsPsychological Injury and Law - Tập 8 - Trang 311-322 - 2015
Michael E. Schatman, Janet L. Thoman
Automobiles are potentially dangerous, with tens of thousands killed in motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) and millions badly injured annually in the USA. Because of an inability for individual accident victims or those responsible for the accidents to pay for damages incurred, compulsory automobile insurance has been developed as a risk-distribution system. On the one hand, a danger is that insurers ...... hiện toàn bộ
The Role of Suggestibility in Personal Injury ClaimsPsychological Injury and Law - Tập 9 - Trang 97-101 - 2016
I. Bruce Frumkin
Interrogative suggestibility and other psychological vulnerabilities are often assessed in the forensic criminal context in disputed confession cases. Such an assessment may also be relevant in disputing the validity of a confession by a plaintiff in a tort claim. This paper will outline the relevancy of suggestibility in the personal injury context, the reasons why an individual may falsely confe...... hiện toàn bộ