Forensic Clinician’s Toolbox I — CST Instruments published in Journal of Personality Assessment
My recent review in JPA got a nice boost from Ken Pope and Karen Franklin. Many thanks. A PDF copy of the article is available online.
Forensic conundrum: Geriatric competency to stand trial evaluations
Does old age render you incompetent? Incompetent elders have started showing up in increasing numbers, in both civil (testamentary/contractual competency, guardianship proceedings) and criminal arenas (competency to stand trial). We have adopted what we consider a powerful new assessment approach to forensic neurocognitive assessments based on Pearson’s WAIS-IV-WMS-IV-ACS combo and started looking at the data. Table A.2 […]
Clinical Report: Identification and Evaluation of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
This superb article sums up the information comprehensively. Available at the American Academy of Pediatrics website in pdf. http://tinyurl.com/cy4kbq6
Assessment Psychology: A fast evolving discipline and speciality.
The application of psychological and neuropsychological testing to human problems is a science-based discipline which has exploded with the development of new knowledge, tools, techniques, and skills. Recognizing these developments, the American Psychological Association recognizes three levels of competence in professional psychology: generalist, proficiency, and specialty. Generalist training would be consistent with a doctorate and […]