Assessing Impairment - From Theory to Practice

von: Sam Goldstein, Jack A. Naglieri

Springer-Verlag, 2009

ISBN: 9780387875422 , 164 Seiten

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Assessing Impairment - From Theory to Practice


 

Foreword

7

Preface

10

Contents

11

About the Editors

13

Contributors

14

Defining the Evolving Concept of Impairment

16

Measurement of Symptom Severity and Impairment

20

The Role of Family and Situational Problems in Understanding and Reducing Impairment

30

Relationships Between Adaptive Behavior and Impairment

46

Psychometric Issues in the Assessment of Impairment

64

The Medical Model of Impairment

73

The DSM Model of Impairment

90

Measuring Impairment in a Legal Context: Practical Considerations in the Evaluation of Psychiatric and Learning Disabilities

106

Impairment in Children

117

Impairment in the Geriatric Population

132

Assessing Occupational Disability Following Trauma and Impairment

153

Conclusion

165

Index

169