عنوان

Traumatic brain injury :

084938138X

9780849381386

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Traumatic brain injury :

[Book]

methods for clinical and forensic neuropsychiatric assessment /

Robert P. Granacher.

2nd ed.

Boca Raton :

CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group,

©2008.

xxiii, 560 pages :

illustrations ;

26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Epidemiology and pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury -- Neuropsychiatric and psychiatric syndromes following traumatic brain injury -- Gathering the neuropsychiatric history following brain trauma -- Neuropsychiatric mental status and neurological examinations following traumatic brain injury -- Use of structural and functional imaging in the neuropsychiatric assessment of traumatic brain injury -- Standardized neurocognitive assessment of traumatic brain injury -- Behavioral assessment following traumatic brain injury -- Neurobehavioral analysis and treatment planning following traumatic brain injury -- Forensic examinations: distinctions from examinations for treatment and the detection of deception -- Causation, damages, outcome, and impairment determination following traumatic brain injury -- Forensic neurobehavioral analysis of traumatic brain injury data.

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A comprehensive introduction to evaluating and treating patients with traumatic brain injuries, this second edition of a bestseller features new information regarding the epidemiology and pathophysiology of brain injury as well as structural and functional imaging in the assessment of traumatic brain injury, including functional MRI, PET scanning, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. With expanded discussions of brain-injury malingering and family dynamics, this revised and updated text gives an overview of state-of-the-art techniques and discusses new pharmacological treatments, acquired psychopathy, and test instruments for assessing behavior.

Brain damage-- Diagnosis.

Brain Injuries-- complications.

Brain Injuries-- diagnosis.

Expert Testimony.

Forensic Psychiatry-- methods.

Neuropsychological Tests.

Brain damage-- Diagnosis.

Granacher, Robert P.,1941-

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