{"product_id":"neuroimaging-in-forensic-psychiatry-isbn-9780470976999","title":"Neuroimaging in Forensic Psychiatry","description":"As neuroimaging becomes more widespread, it is increasingly being used in the courts, even though understanding and interpreting neuroimaging methods and results can be very challenging – even without attempting to evaluate their potential applications to forensic questions. The sheer volume of available information, research results, and opinions can seem intimidating to forensic practitioners and to mental health professionals in general.  \u003cp\u003eThis will be the first book dedicated to this important topic. Designed as a reference for forensic psychiatrists, it starts with a brief overview of the psychiatric applications of the primary neuroimaging techniques currently in most widespread use, positron emission tomography (PET), single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Subsequent chapters explore the current and potential uses of neuroimaging in civil and criminal forensic contexts. Diagnostic categories addressed include traumatic brain injury, dementia, psychopathy, paraphilias, psychoses and mood disorders. Legal concepts such as admissibility, relevance, and standards of proof are reviewed as they relate to the possible uses of neuroimaging findings in legal proceedings; prior precedents and court decisions are also reviewed. Novel potential applications of neuroimaging, including detection of deception and identification of memory or recognition, are addressed in dedicated chapters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere is a growing body of writing on the ethical implications of neuroimaging in the legal context, but this has largely been in bioethics journals that have limited readership among members of the mental health profession. Ethical questions generated by the rapidly evolving field of forensic neuroimaging are explored in detail in a dedicated chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be of great use to practicing forensic psychiatrists, forensic psychologists and forensic neurologists as they are increasingly likely to find themselves being asked to give professional opinions regarding the impact of neuroimaging findings on medicolegal questions such as competence, criminal responsibility, personal injury and disability. The book will be an invaluable resource for forensic practitioners seeking to understand and navigate this new area.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xi\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenry T. Greely\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Imaging Techniques\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 PET and SPECT 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan E. Rushing, Daniel A. Pryma and Daniel D. Langleben\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 MRI and Functional MRI 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eErin D. Bigler, Mark Allen and Gary K. Stimac\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Clinical and Research Findings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Traumatic Brain Injury 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert P. Granacher, Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Dementia 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelissa Lamar, Hal Wortzel, David J. Libon, Denene M. Wambach, Catherine C. Price and Anand Kumar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Neuroimaging in Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder: Functional Significance and a Neurodevelopmental Hypothesis 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrea L. Glenn, Yaling Yang and Adrian Raine 6\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePedophilia 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristine Wiebking, Alexander Sartorius, Harald Dressing and Georg Northoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Imaging Psychoses: Diagnosis and Prediction of Violence 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJazmin Camchong and Angus W. MacDonald III\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Neuroimaging in Affective Disorders: Applications in Clinical Research and Forensic Psychiatry 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonathan B. Savitz, Joseph R. Simpson and Wayne C. Drevets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Neuroimaging in the Courts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Application of Neuroimaging in Relationship to Competence to Stand Trial and Insanity 147\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNathan J. Kolla and Jonathan D. Brodie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Neuroimaging, Diminished Capacity and Mitigation 163\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudith G. Edersheim, Rebecca Weintraub Brendel and Bruce H. Price\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Implications of Neuroimaging for Dangerousness Assessment 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoachim Witzel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Potential Uses of Neuroimaging in Personal Injury Civil Cases 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert P. Granacher, Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Emerging Areas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Brain Imaging of Deception 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel D. Langleben, Dan F.X. Willard and Jane C. Moriarty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Identifying Memories and Their Use in Interrogations 237\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohanna C. van Hooff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Legal and Ethical Considerations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Practical Legal Concerns 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKristen M. Nugent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Neuroimaging and the Constitution 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKristen M. Nugent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Practical Legal Concerns: The England and Wales Context 303\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShuja M. Reagu and Pamela J. Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Neuroethics of Functional Neuroimaging in the Courtroom 325\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Ford and Neil Aggarwal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Neuroimaging Evidence in Law: A Plea for Modesty and Relevance 341\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen J. Morse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 359\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Neuroimaging in Forensic Psychiatry is timely and provides a fine overview of the current status of neuroimaging in legal settings.”  (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Forensic Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, 1 January 2013)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJoseph R. Simpson\u003c\/b\u003e received his undergraduate degree in biology from Harvard University. He received his M.D. and Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. His thesis work focused on neuroimaging in mood disorders and the functional neuroimaging of cognition-emotion interactions.\u003cbr\u003e After completing his adult psychiatry residency at the University of California Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute\/West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, he completed a forensic psychiatry fellowship at the University of Southern California. He is board-certified in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. He has published several peer-reviewed articles in neuroimaging and in forensic psychiatry.\u003cbr\u003e Dr. Simpson is currently a staff psychiatrist with the VA Long Beach Healthcare System in Long Beach, California. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Irvine. He also maintains a private practice in forensic psychiatry.  As neuroimaging becomes more widespread, it is increasingly being used in the courts, even though understanding and interpreting neuroimaging methods and results can be very challenging – even without attempting to evaluate their potential applications to forensic questions. The sheer volume of available information, research results, and opinions can seem intimidating to forensic practitioners and to mental health professionals in general.  \u003cp\u003eThis will be the first book dedicated to this important topic. Designed as a reference for forensic psychiatrists, it starts with a brief overview of the psychiatric applications of the primary neuroimaging techniques currently in most widespread use, positron emission tomography (PET), single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Subsequent chapters explore the current and potential uses of neuroimaging in civil and criminal forensic contexts. Diagnostic categories addressed include traumatic brain injury, dementia, psychopathy, paraphilias, psychoses and mood disorders. Legal concepts such as admissibility, relevance, and standards of proof are reviewed as they relate to the possible uses of neuroimaging findings in legal proceedings; prior precedents and court decisions are also reviewed. Novel potential applications of neuroimaging, including detection of deception and identification of memory or recognition, are addressed in dedicated chapters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere is a growing body of writing on the ethical implications of neuroimaging in the legal context, but this has largely been in bioethics journals that have limited readership among members of the mental health profession. Ethical questions generated by the rapidly evolving field of forensic neuroimaging are explored in detail in a dedicated chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be of great use to practicing forensic psychiatrists, forensic psychologists and forensic neurologists as they are increasingly likely to find themselves being asked to give professional opinions regarding the impact of neuroimaging findings on medicolegal questions such as competence, criminal responsibility, personal injury and disability. The book will be an invaluable resource for forensic practitioners seeking to understand and navigate this new area.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989683355877,"sku":"NP9780470976999","price":134.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470976999.jpg?v=1761785091","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/neuroimaging-in-forensic-psychiatry-isbn-9780470976999","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}