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In this book, expert researchers and practitioners share essential information about providing mental health services to older adults in forensic contexts, and to the courts and judges involved.
As the U.S. population ages, the needs of older adults will increasingly inform all areas of mental health practice. In coming years, psychologists can expect to play a more prominent role in helping legal decision makers to understand the unique aspects of older adults' cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning. Clinical providers will have more opportunity to help older adults and their families as they struggle with challenging legal issues such as civil litigation, eligibility for benefits, and incarceration.
Chapters in this book describe the nuts and bolts of civil litigation as it relates to brain injury, dementia, PTSD, and pain assessment of competency to stand trial and to be executed and the special treatment needs of incarcerated older adults. Also included are chapters on assessing testamentary capacity, assessing older adults pursuing VA benefits, and psychology's role in guardianship and conservatorship decisions.
Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Shane S. Bush and Andrew L. Heck
Part I: Ethics and Validity Assessment
Chapter 1: Ethical Issues in Forensic Geropsychology
Shane S. Bush
Chapter 2: Performance Validity Assessment: Disentangling Dementia From the Disinterested and Disingenuous
Justin B. Miller and Bradley N. Axelrod
Part II: Civil Contexts
Chapter 3: Traumatic Brain Injury and Dementia: Considerations for the Forensic Geropsychologist
Breton Asken, Glenn E. Smith, and Russell M. Bauer
Chapter 4: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Litigation With Older Adults
Joel E. Morgan
Chapter 5: Pain and Litigation With Older Adults
Christopher C. Cranston, Tyler A. Rickards, and Stephen T. Wegener
Part III: Criminal Contexts
Chapter 6: Assessment and Restoration of Competency to Stand Trial With Older Adults
George J. Demakis
Chapter 7: Assessment and Restoration of Competency to Be Executed: Issues Related to Dementia and Cognitive Disability
Rebecca S. Allen, Ian McDonough, Amy Albright, Sydnee Erickson, Gaines Brake, and Karen L. Salekin
Chapter 8: The Insanity Defense With Older Adults
Andrew L. Heck and Rebecca Vauter
Chapter 9: The Age Wave in Corrections: Considerations Regarding the Incarceration of Older Adults
Lindsey K. Slaughter and Angela N. Torres
Part IV: Administrative Contexts
Chapter : The Assessment of Testamentary Capacity and Undue Influence in the Older Adult
Nancy Hoffman
Chapter : Compensation and Pension Examinations With Older Veterans
Joshua E. Caron and Mark R. Floyd
Chapter 2: Psychology's Role in Guardianship and Conservatorship Evaluations
Kenneth C. Dudley and Natali Edmonds
Chapter 3: Mitigating Effects of Age-Related Issues on Sentencing and Housing Placements
Chriscelyn M. Tussey
Index
About the Editors
