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Detection of Response Bias in Forensic Neuropsychology
Improve your confidence in the validity of your test results! Detection of Response Bias in Forensic Neuropsychology examines strategies and procedures for determining the validity of results and the patient's motivation during neuropsychological testing. The book discusses procedures to help a clinician assess factors that can affect test accuracy. Developers and researchers present unique insights into each strategy's utility in clinical practice and each procedure's performance in light of factors defined by the United States Supreme Court. Detection of Response Bias in Forensic Neuropsychology examines the increasing need for practicing clinical neuropsychologists to identify response bi...
Synthetic Planet
This timely collection of original essays traces the migration of synthetic chemicals from the laboratory to the factory and then into the environment, bodies and communities. Turning our attention to the impact these chemicals have on our ecosystems, human health, social organization and political processes, the contributors break new ground by focusing on the production and distribution of these potentially hazardous agents themselves rather than just detailing their effects.
Illness and the Environment
In 25 papers, academics and a few environmental scientists/ activists discuss profound social, policy, and competing paradigm issues concerning the contested environment-disease link in a "postnatural" world. Include discussion questions. Kroll-Smith is a professor of sociology at the U. of New Orleans. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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The Oxford Handbook of the History of Clinical Neuropsychology
This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online.
Status of the Department of Veterans Affairs to Identify Gulf War Syndrome
The proceedings of the April 1997 hearing on the status of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to Identify Gulf War Syndrome. Examines, in particular, the impact of missing, classified, or incomplete medical records on Gulf War veterans' health. Testimony, letters & statements are included from a number of representatives of the Defense Dept. (Deputy Inspector General, Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses), military, & Federal government as well as medical practitioners & researchers, including: Monterey Inst. of International Studies; Southern Illinois Univ. School of Medicine; Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses, CIA, etc. Tables & photos.
Comprehensive Handbook of Psychological Assessment, Volume 1
In one volume, the leading researchers in intelligence and neuropsychological assessment interpret the range of issues related to intellectual and neuropsychological tests, including test development and psychometrics, clinical applications, ethical and legal concerns, use with diverse populations, computerization, and the latest research. Clinicians and researchers who use these instruments will find this volume invaluable, as it contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available on this important aspect of practice.
Gulf War Syndrome
Presents the proceedings of the Jan. 1997 hearing to examine new studies suggesting links between Gulf service and higher rates of illnesses. Includes witness testimony and prepared statements from a number of medical researchers and practitioners (Harvard Medical School, Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Univ. of Iowa Medical College), Gulf War veterans, Defense Dept. representatives, and members of Congress. Also contains a treatment protocol of a biopsychological therapeutic approach for the treatment of multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome in veterans of Desert Storm. Charts and tables.
