Assessing Impairment From Theory to Practice
Impairment and disability are widely used terms, yet considerable disagreement exists as to their relationship—especially when impairment means different things to different professionals in the fields of mental health, medicine, and education. Although d
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Sam Goldstein
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Jack A. Naglieri
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Assessing Impairment From Theory to Practice
Editors Sam Goldstein University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City UT, USA
Jack A. Naglieri George Mason University Centerville VA, USA
ISBN: 978-0-387-87541-5 e-ISBN: 978-0-387-87542-2 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-387-87542-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008944283 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science + Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper springer.com
For Janet, Allyson, and Ryan. This work is dedicated to the thousands of people of all ages I have been privileged to work with and have learned so much from. S. G. This text is dedicated to Andrea (and my son-in-law Scott), Antonia, and Jack Jr. for their love and support over the years. J. N. Our thanks to Judy Jones for sharing our vision and willingness to break new academic ground. Thanks also to Kathleen Gardner for the management of this project and preparation of the final manuscript. S. G. and J. N.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up to every time we fail. Ralph Waldo Emerson It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. Seneca The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw
Foreword
Impairment is a requirement for the diagnosis of most, if not, all Axis I psychiatric disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (4th ed.) and is an inherent part of the very concept of disorder if relatively objective and evolutionary conceptualizations of it, such as those by Wakefield (1997), are to be of use to us. It is therefore with much satisfaction and considerable excitement that I approach the appearance of this book dedicated to issues related to the concept of impairment and its definition and measurement. My satisfaction derives from finally seeing a book-length discussion of these issues as they pertain to various domains of major life activities and to various psychiatric and psychological disorders. It is high time for an in-depth and scholarly treatment of the subject. And, my excitement arises from the breadth, detail, and scope of this wide-ranging new book and the much-needed information it sheds on this
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