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Neuroscience and Neurolaw Special Issue of Psychological Injury and Law Shane S. Bush & Chriscelyn M. Tussey
Received: 25 January 2013 / Accepted: 25 January 2013 / Published online: 21 February 2013 # Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Abstract At the intersection of neuroscience and psychological science stands neuropsychology, providing patients, triers of fact, and other parties a quantifiable, evidencebased method for understanding cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes that occur in the context of injury or disease. The purposes of this special issue of Psychological Injury and Law are to (1) illustrate the ways in which neuroscience, psychological practice, professional ethics, and laws are intertwined in the evaluation and treatment of persons who have been injured or are experiencing a neurological disease, (2) demonstrate the ways in which neuropsychological practice is applied to forensic questions, and (3) promote quality neuropsychological practice and services to patients, courts, and other consumers of neuropsychological services. This special issue provides a sample of the types of ways that practitioners integrate neuroscience and clinical psychology, informed by and consistent with relevant laws and professional ethics, to understand people who have cognitive, emotional, and/or behavioral problems stemming from neurological injuries or other disorders. Keywords Neuroscience . Neurolaw . Neuropsychology . Forensic . Ethics
Introduction At the intersection of neuroscience and psychological science stands neuropsychology, providing patients, triers of fact, and S. S. Bush (*) Long Island Neuropsychology, PC, 290 Hawkins Ave., Ste. B, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY 11779, USA e-mail: [email protected] C. M. Tussey Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA e-mail: [email protected]
other parties a quantifiable, evidence-based method for understanding cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes that occur in the context of injury or disease. While the knowledge base and methods employed in neuropsychological practice allow for an empirically based understanding of multiple aspects of disorders and functioning, neuropsychologists apply their skills and tools in a compassionate manner, caring and advocating as needed for clinical patients and providing a comfortable, nonthreatening environment for forensic examinees. Although the injuries that bring people for neuropsychological services may occur by accident, ethical and legal practice does not. Appropriate neuropsychological practice requires preparation and a personal commitment to practicing within established ethical and legal parameters. The purposes of this special issue of Psychological Injury and Law are to (1) illustrate the ways in which neuroscience, psychological practice, professional ethics, and laws are intertwined in the evaluation and treatment of persons who have been injured or are experiencing a neurological disease, (2) demonstrate the ways in which neuropsychological prac
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