Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Neuropsychological Medical-Legal Evaluations - Cross-Examining Psych Doctors, Tip #97




Neuropsychology is both an academic discipline and one of the applied medical arts, often called clinical neuropsychology.  Neuropsychologists are psychologists who have taken postdoctoral training in the area of neuropsychology.  In the forensic cases they are typically given referrals by neurologists who depend on their psychological testing to assess neurological decrements not revealed by the neurologist’s tools.  While neuropsychological testing can provide the neurologist with valuable information about a patient’s neurological condition, to use those testing results to support the conclusion of a “neuropsychological injury” is to open the door to a double recovery for a single neurological injury. 

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