A Status Report On the Practice of Forensic Neuropsychology

Heilbronner, Robert L.

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“…Specifically, whereas the growth of forensic neuropsychology can be readily seen in the clinical and academic interests of neuropsychologists, Heilbronner (2004) noted that the subspecialty is currentiy limited by its lack of dedicated professional organizations, practice standards (or less formal practice guidehnes), and specialized certification and credentialing procedures.…”

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Clinical neuropsychology in forensic contexts: Practitioners' experience, training, and practice.

Laduke

DeMatteo

Heilbrun

et al. 2012

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Despite tbeir increasing involvement in tbe United States legal system, little is known about neuropsycbological practitioners working in forensic contexts. Neuropsycbologists (N = 59) recruited from tbe American Academy of Clinical Neuropsycbology and tbe National Academy of Neuropsycbology were surveyed about tbeir experience, training, and practice. The majority of participants reported practicing in both civil and criminal forensic contexts (64%), witb a minority restricting their practice to civil cases only (34%); practicing solely within the criminal forensic context was rarely reported (2%). Participants reported conducting forensic assessments across a variety of legal questions, primarily personal injury and civil and criminal competencies. Tbe majority of participants' graduate and postdoctoral training was in neuropsychology, typically supplemented by forensic training tbrougb postgraduate continuing education. Cballenges to admissibility of expert testimony were rare and were more likely to target specific sections of the practitioners' testimony rather than tbeir admissibility as experts overall. Differences in challenges to admissibility based on jurisdiction were found for tbose participants practicing within criminal but not civil forensic contexts (p = .034). Tbougb certain trends are noted, results suggest substantial variability exists among practitioners in tbe field. Implications regarding the experience, training, and practice of neuropsycbological practitioners witbin civil and criminal forensic contexts are discussed, along with broader implications for field leaders as tbey continue to advance the subspecialty of forensic neuropsycbology.

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Clinical neuropsychology in forensic contexts: Practitioners' experience, training, and practice.

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DeMatteo

Heilbrun

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Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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“…According to Archer et al 47 , this is due to methods of investigation that have won "general acceptance" in the field. In this way, the development of methodological strategies, tools, as well as a series of recommendations that can guide procedures for utilization of neuropsychology in the forensic field follows the studies' expectations for this topic 2,6,11,49,50 .…”

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“…Although we have identified 12 articles in the category "Descriptions of methods, proceedings, standards, validation of instruments, range and limits of Neuropsychological Assessment in forensic field" just two 2 works discuss standards and conduct of the practice of neuropsychological assessment in order to address legal issues 6,48 .…”

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“…For obvious reasons, the number of studies in clinical neuropsychology is much greater than in forensic 6 , although there have already been some publications from this field in some countries [7][8][9][10][11] . In practice, this means there is a gap in instruments and methodologies that address the previously mentioned issues (liability, psychosocial impact).…”

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Forensic neuropsychological assessment: a review of its scope

Serafim¹,

Saffi²,

Silva³

et al. 2015

Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (São Saulo)

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Background: Issues related to the field of mental health and justice require a multifactorial understanding of the possible causes of such issues. Objective: To conduct an integrative literature review of controlled studies describing forensic neuropsychological assessment. Methods: The articles were compiled and analyzed in two phases: 1) first, we retrieved all papers in PubMed by the keywords "Forensic Neuropsychology" and generated a growth curve for the subject and a cluster-based thematic distribution of publications. 2) We then conducted a curated analysis of all relevant papers indexed in Medline, PubMed and ISI, between 2000 and 2012. Results: The evolution of the field during the last 15 years reveals an unstable growth pattern and three main thematic clusters. In terms of our curated analysis, a total of 390 articles were pre-selected, resulting in the selection of 44 fully-relevant studies, which comprise four main categories: cognitive damage in forensic psychiatric patients; imitation of cognitive damage; civil capacity, penal liability and violence risk; and validation of neuropsychological assessment tools. Discussion: Two aspects appeared as the most relevant in this study: growth in the use of neuropsychological assessment as a diagnostic tool in the forensic context; and the necessity to enhance conformity in assessments.

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“…Michaels (2008) demonstrated that the source of funding for research influences the outcome of that research and how each legal side may use those research findings. In the field of clinical neuropsychology, forensic consultation has become a major factor of practice as well as research (Sweet et al 2006;Heilbronner 2004), yet the field has not attempted to investigate the relationship of funding, practice orientation, participation of retained forensic experts, or other issues that legal retention and funding have had on neuropsychological research findings and publications.…”

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The Rigor of Research Design and “Forensic” Publications in Neuropsychological Research

Bigler

Green

Farrer

et al. 2009

Psychol. Inj. and Law

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Seven neuropsychology journals that publish on topics relevant to clinical neuropsychology were examined for their experimental rigor according to the standards of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) in their Clinical Practice Guidelines. By using a keyword approach on topics relevant to forensic neuropsychology, all articles that reported empirical findings from 2003 through 2008 were identified. Each study was rated by AAN classification criteria that ranged from a level I classification (prospective, most rigorous, and independent) to level IV (least rigorous). The typical forensic neuropsychological study averaged a class III ranking. Few studies were based on large sample sizes or utilized a reported masking or blind technique with regards to subject selection and how diagnostic criteria were met and/or data analyzed. While the authors for the average study reported a university affiliation, few reported explicit Institutional Review Board statements. Considerable variability across these seven journals with regards to conflict of interest (COI) disclosure policies was observed and only a few studies reported explicit statements about funding or COI issues. These observations suggest that neuropsychological research on forensic topics currently has many limitations and that future research needs to address these issues.

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A Status Report On the Practice of Forensic Neuropsychology

Cited by 33 publications

References 32 publications

Clinical neuropsychology in forensic contexts: Practitioners' experience, training, and practice.

Clinical neuropsychology in forensic contexts: Practitioners' experience, training, and practice.

Forensic neuropsychological assessment: a review of its scope

The Rigor of Research Design and “Forensic” Publications in Neuropsychological Research

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