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This text has a specific focus. It provides not only methods for clinical examination but also the forensic evaluation of traumatically brain-injured persons. The reader can be selective in using this book. If he or she is interested only in clinical assessment, treatment planning, and neuropsychiatric treatment, the first eight chapters of the book will suffice. On the other hand, for the physician performing a forensic neuropsychiatric examination, the entire book should be useful. If the clinician is already highly skilled in the clinical evaluation of traumatic brain injury but wishes to learn further forensic issues, he or she may focus only on the last four chapters of this text.
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TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Methods for Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychiatric Assessment
ROBERT P. GRANACHER
CRC PR E S S Boca Raton London New York Washington, D.C.
©2003 CRC Press LLC
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Granacher, Robert P., 1941Traumatic brain injury : methods for clinical and forensic neuropsychiatric assessment / Robert P. Granacher, Jr. p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8493-1429-1 (alk. paper) 1. Brain damage—Diagnosis. I. Title. [DNLM: 1. Brain Injuries—complications. 2. Brain Injuries—diagnosis. 3. Expert Testimony. 4. Forensic Psychiatry—methods. 5. Neuropsychological Tests. WL 354 G748t 2003] RC387.5.G73 2003 616.8'0475—dc21 2003046073
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