Causality of Psychological Injury

Chapter 1. Introduction to Causality: Psychological Evidence in Court Gerald Young, Andrew W. Kane, Keith Nicholson.

Section I. Causality and Psychological Evidence: Concepts, Terms, Issues.Chapter 2. Causality in Psychology and Law Gerald Young, Andrew W. Kane.

Chapter 3. Causality: Concepts, Issues, and Recommendations Gerald Young.

Chapter 4. Dictionary of Terms Related to Causality, Causation, Law, and PsychologyGerald Young, Ronnie Shore.

Chapter 5. Multicausal Perspectives on Psychological Injury I: PTSD and MTBI Gerald Young.

Chapter 6. Multicausal Perspectives on Psychological Injury II: Chronic PainGerald Young.

Chapter 7. Multicausal Perspectives on Psychological Injury III: ConclusionsGerald Young.

Chapter 8. Pain, Affect, Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Chronic Pain: Bringing Order to Disorder Gerald Young, C. Richard Chapman.

Chapter 9. Considering Course and Treatment in Rehabilitation: Sequential and Dynamic CausalityDouglas Salmon, Marek Celinski, Gerald Young.

Section II. Causality in Court: Psychological Considerations. Andrew W. Kane.

Chapter 10. Basic Concepts in Psychology and Law

Chapter 11. Conducting a Psychological Assessment

Chapter 12. Other Psycho-Legal Issues Chapter 13. Summary and Conclusions

Section III. Malingering in Psychological Injury: TBI, Pain, and PTSD.Keith Nicholson, Michael F. Martelli.

Chapter 14. Malingering: Overview and Basic Concepts

Chapter 15. The Effect of Compensation Status

Chapter 16. Malingering: Traumatic Brain Injury

Chapter 17. Malingering: Chronic Pain

Chapter 18. Malingering: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression

Chapter 19. Malingering: Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 20. Causation, Psychology, and Law Daniel W. Shuman, Jennifer L. Hardy.

Chapter 21. Conclusions on Causality: Psychological Evidence in Court Gerald Young, Andrew W. Kane, Keith Nicholson.

Sources and Citations

Gerald Young, Ph.D., C. Psych., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Canada. He teaches Rehabilitation Psychology to senior undergraduates. In addition, he is a licensed psychologist in Ontario and Quebec, practicing in rehabilitation, in particular. He is the author or co-author of four books, and multiple chapters and articles. He is a member of Canadian registers in clinical practice and disability assessment. He has undertaken over 1,000 assessments related to rehabilitation and disability claims for psychological injury, including after referral for medicolegal purposes from attorneys, insurance companies, and assessment companies. He is a member of the college policy and planning committee, having served in this function at the university level, as well. For the field of psychological injury and law, he is organizing the first (a) professional association, (b) the first academic journal, (c) the first graduate-level textbook related to the field, and (d) the first book series. Springer is considering supporting these publishing initiatives.

Andrew Kane, Ph.D., ABAP, is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Milwaukee. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Assessment Psychologists, is listed in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, and is a recipient of the Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology of the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards. He is a Professor at Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology, an Adjunct Clinical Professor in the department of Psychology at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and an Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin. He is the author or co-author of eight books and some five dozen professional papers and chapters. He served as a member of the Expert Panel on Psychiatric and Psychological Evidence of the Commission on

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"Causality of Psychological Injury: Presenting Evidence in Court is an edited volume with chapters that are not only informative but also well written. The references that I sampled are relevant, useful, and probably as current as any could be in a nonelectronic book ... . surely heightens its educational value to clinical and forensic practitioners and should shape corresponding professional thinking and praxis." (Richard W. Bloom, PsycCritiques, Vol. 52 (37), 2007)

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"Causality of Psychological Injury ... addresses issues pertinent to psychological assessment in personal injury cases in a well-organized, comprehensive, and authoritative manner. ... The writing is clear and concise, and is useful for both those who wish to expand their practice into this area of forensic psychology, as well as the more experienced forensic psychologist or psychiatrist ... . Causality of Psychological Injury fills a serious gap in the forensic psychological literature ... . I recommend it without reservation." (Eric G. Mart, Psychological Injury and Law, Vol. 1, 2008)