Global Assessment of Functioning

Leclair, Norma J.; Leclair, Steven; Barth, Robert J.

doi:10.1001/amaguidesnewsletters.2007.novdec01

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“…Psychologists in the Cold War had an array of ethical responses to the pressures to support national security (Woody et al ., 2022). On one extreme, Ewen Cameron engaged in research that involved LSD, electroconvulsive therapy, and medically induced sleep and that has inspired multiple lawsuits (see Leclair, 2019; Lemov, 2011; Lifton, 2011). Other scholars did not engage in abusive research but did not raise concerns about potential misuse of their scholarship.…”

Section: Meerloo’s Unheeded Warningsmentioning

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Tracing the career arc of Joost A. M. Meerloo: Prominence, fading, and premonitions of menticide

Woody

2022

History of the Human Sciences

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This article traces the career arc of Dutch psychoanalyst Joost A. M. Meerloo by examining his biography and his psychology of interrogation and confession. His life story, particularly his experiences during the German occupation of the Netherlands and his escape to England during World War II, shaped his views on these issues, as well as his rise to prominence as an expert on these topics in the United States. His psychoanalytic perspectives on interrogation and confession, including false confession, reflected the zeitgeist of the First Wave of Cold War interrogation tactics and related scholarship. His career as a scholar of interrogation faded with the study of distinct interrogation tactics used by communists during the Korean War, the emergence of experimental social psychology, and a growing cohort of scholars who rejected his psychoanalytic views in favor of more contemporary approaches. For these reasons, his work remains undervalued, increasing the risks that today’s scholars will fail to recognize his larger contributions and his warnings about vulnerability and psychologists’ roles in military interrogations. The article reviews the rise and fall of the career of Joost A. M. Meerloo as a scholar of Cold War interrogation, including his contributions and his unheeded warnings about vulnerability and psychologists’ roles in military interrogations.

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Tracing the career arc of Joost A. M. Meerloo: Prominence, fading, and premonitions of menticide

Woody

2022

History of the Human Sciences

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Assessing Mental and Behavioral Disorder Impairment: Overview of Sixth Edition Approaches

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Leclair²,

Barth³

2008

AMA Guides® Newsletter

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Chapter 14, Mental and Behavioral Disorders, in the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides), Sixth Edition, defines a process for assessing permanent impairment, including providing numeric ratings, for persons with specific mental and behavioral disorders. These mental disorders are limited to mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and psychotic disorders, and this chapter focuses on the evaluation of brain functioning and its effects on behavior in the absence of evident traumatic or disease-related objective central nervous system damage. This article poses and answers questions about the sixth edition. For example, this is the first since the second edition (1984) that provides a numeric impairment rating, and this edition establishes a standard, uniform template to translate human trauma or disease into a percentage of whole person impairment. Persons who conduct independent mental and behavioral evaluation using this chapter should be trained in psychiatry or psychology; other users should be experienced in psychiatric or psychological evaluations and should have expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioral disorders. The critical first step in determining a mental or behavioral impairment rating is to document the existence of a definitive diagnosis based on the current edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The article also enumerates the psychiatric disorders that are considered ratable in the sixth edition, addresses use of the sixth edition during independent medical evaluations, and answers additional questions.

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Global Assessment of Functioning

Cited by 2 publications

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Tracing the career arc of Joost A. M. Meerloo: Prominence, fading, and premonitions of menticide

Tracing the career arc of Joost A. M. Meerloo: Prominence, fading, and premonitions of menticide

Assessing Mental and Behavioral Disorder Impairment: Overview of Sixth Edition Approaches

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