Mild traumatic brain injury : symptom validity assessment and malingering / Dominic A. Carone, Shane S. Bush, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carone, Dominic A.

Bush, Shane S., 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain damage--Diagnosis.

Brain damage.

Brain--Concussion.

Brain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub. Co., 2012, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""This book provides an excellent, singular shelf reference on the influence of motivational factors and the importance of symptom validating testing in the neuropsychological assessment of mild traumatic brain injury [It] marks an essential resource for those who see patients with mild traumatic brain injury."" Michael McCrea , PhD, ABPP-CN. Medical College of Wisconsin. ""This outstanding volume is a unique contribution to the neuropsychologist's library, bringing together two of our most important and timely topics in one text: MTBI and validity assessment for effort, response bias and mali

Contents:

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; Half Title; About the Authors; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1: Introduction: Historical Perspectives on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Symptom Validity Assessment, and Malingering; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussion); The Beginnings; The 19th Century and Beyond; Malingering; The Beginnings; The 19th Century and Beyond; The Evolution of Malingering in the DSM; Recent Trends in MTBI and Malingering; Scientific Research; U.S. Case Law and Federal Law; Textbook Publications

Reasons for Historical TrendsThe Decade of the Brain; The Development of Modern Symptom Validity Tests; Publication of the ACRM Criteria for MTBI; Endorsement of Symptom Validity Testing by National Neuropsychological Organizations; Increased Media Attention to Sports Concussion; U.S. Military Actions in the Middle East From 2003 to the Present; Summary and Conclusions; References; Appendix 1.1; Appendix 1.2; 2: The Role of Clinical Judgment in Symptom Validity Assessment; Clinical Judgment Strategies for Detecting Malingering; Efficacy of Clinical Judgment in Detecting Invalid Test Results

Impediments to Clinical Judgment in Assessing MalingeringConclusions; References; 3: Ethical Considerations in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Cases and Symptom Validity Assessment; Ethical Ideals and Decision Making; Ethical Ideals and Positive Ethics; The 4 A's of Ethical Practice and Decision Making; Ethical Decision-Making Resources and Process; Ethical Issues; Informed Consent; Selection of Tests and Other Procedures; Case Example; Data Interpretation and Reporting; Feedback to Patients; Examiner Deception; Patient Populations, Evaluation Context, and Examiner Bias; Conclusions; References

4: Differential Diagnosis of MalingeringDefinitions of Malingering; Underlying Concepts and Constructs; Primary and Secondary Gain; Psychosocial Versus Material-Legal Secondary Gains; Secondary Losses; Volition; Effort; Diagnostic Criteria for Malingering; Broadening the Criteria for Definite Malingering; Compelling Inconsistencies; High Posterior Probabilities; Elimination of Exclusionary Criteria in Favor of a Diagnosis ofSecondary Malingering; The Utility of Self-Report Data and Evidence of Feigned Psychological Dysfunction; Differential Diagnosis; Malingering by Proxy

Conversion Disorder and Dissociative AmnesiaFactitious Disorder; Adjustment Problem/Disorder With Specious Symptoms:A Proposed New Diagnostic Category; Cogniform Disorder and Cogniform Condition; Neurocognitive Hypochondriasis; Stereotype/Diagnosis Threat; Oppositional Presentations; Malingering Versus Bona Fide Impairment; Conclusions; References; 5: Noncredible Explanations of Noncredible Performance on Symptom Validity Tests; What Do Neuropsychological and Effort Tests Measure?; Neuropsychological Tests; Effort Tests; Alternative Attempts to Explain Effort Test Failure; Depression

Pseudodementia After Mild Head Injury

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8261-0916-0

OCLC:

810257418