Clinical Guide to Mental Disability Evaluations

Millions of people with psychiatric disorders are competitively employed in the United States labor force.At any given time, some employees with mental health problems may want or need to leave the workplace due to these disorders, either temporarily or p

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Liza H. Gold Donna L. Vanderpool •

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Clinical Guide to Mental Disability Evaluations

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Editors Liza H. Gold Georgetown University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry Washington, DC USA

ISBN 978-1-4614-5446-5 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-5447-2

Donna L. Vanderpool Risk Management PRMS, Inc Arlington, VA USA

ISBN 978-1-4614-5447-2

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We dedicate this volume to the memory of Professor Daniel W. Shuman, JD

Acknowledgments

Many people have made this volume possible. We thank the contributing chapter authors for their time, perseverance, and patience with the editing process. We thank Jill J. Chmelik, our Editorial Manager, for her organizational skills, attention to detail, and her unflagging support. We thank Salima Ali, JD, Risk Manager at Professional Risk Management Services, Inc., for her legal research assistance. We thank Tina Coltri-Marshall for her hard work getting the manuscript ready for publication. We also thank Springer for publishing this volume. And as always, we thank the many patients and evaluees who have taught all of us about the co