Causality of Psychological Injury: Presenting Evidence in Court

by Gerald Young, W. Keith Nicholson, Andrew W. Kane

Book Overview

This sequel to the authors' Psychological Knowledge in Court offers a welcome expansion on key concepts, terms, and issues in causality. The book brings much needed clarity to psychological injury assessments and the legal contexts that employ them. Focusing on PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and chronic pain (and grounding readers in salient U.S. and Canadian case law), this book sets out a multifactorial causality framework to facilitate admissibility...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387364358
• ISBN13: 9780387364353
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 648 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"