Since the original publication of Traumatic Brain Injury: Methods for Clinical & Forensic Neuropsychiatric Assessment, new clinical findings concerning traumatic brain injury have improved our ability to evaluate and treat individuals with TBI. Unfortunately, the dramatic rise in the occurrence of brain injuries over the same time period demands improved proficiency in evaluation and treatment from a greater number of practitioners. In an effort to help diagnosticians and physicians perform better forensic and medical examinations of the victims of traumatic brain injury, this volume provides new research, practical guidelines, and the latest advances and applications in structural and functional imaging assessment techniques.

This edition includes:

• Updated case studies and new images from MRI, PET scans, and MR Spectroscopy
• More emphasis on mild traumatic brain injury, including sports injuries in children and athletes
• The latest neuroanatomical and neuroimaging bases of cognitive domains of the brain
• New research on the epidemiology and pathophysiology of brain injury
• Studies of acquired psychopathology following injury
• New insights into the physical effects and psychiatric ramifications of blast over-pressure as seen in combat veterans and civilians in Kosovo, Lebanon, and Iraq

Providing practical guidelines for using state-of-the-art, brain-based assessment techniques, this volume establishes a neuropsychiatric schema for the evaluation of traumatic brain injury and provides tools for designing a treatment plan. Although geared toward forensic evaluation with chapters on malingering, determination of impairment, and the presentation of evidence at trial, the methods of this book can be used to evaluate and treat any neuropsychiatric disorder with the addition of appropriate laboratory studies and pathology-specific treatment.

Catalogue no. 8138, 2008, C. 560 pp.
ISBN: 13: 978-0-8493-8138-6
CRC PRESS
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