Forensic neuropsychological assessment: a review of its scope



Título del documento: Forensic neuropsychological assessment: a review of its scope
Revista: Archives of clinical psychiatry
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000409883
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Institucions: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Metodista de Sao Paulo, Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo. Brasil
3Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Laboratorio de Neurociencias Clinicas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
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Període: Mar-Abr
Volum: 42
Número: 2
Paginació: 63-67
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Revisión bibliográfica
Enfoque: Analítico
Resumen en inglés Issues related to the field of mental health and justice require a multifactorial understanding of the possible causes of such issues. Objective To conduct an integrative literature review of controlled studies describing forensic neuropsychological assessment. Methods The articles were compiled and analyzed in two phases: 1) first, we retrieved all papers in PubMed by the keywords “Forensic Neuropsychology” and generated a growth curve for the subject and a cluster-based thematic distribution of publications. 2) We then conducted a curated analysis of all relevant papers indexed in Medline, PubMed and ISI, between 2000 and 2012. Results: The evolution of the field during the last 15 years reveals an unstable growth pattern and three main thematic clusters. In terms of our curated analysis, a total of 390 articles were pre-selected, resulting in the selection of 44 fully-relevant studies, which comprise four main categories: cognitive damage in forensic psychiatric patients; imitation of cognitive damage; civil capacity, penal liability and violence risk; and validation of neuropsychological assessment tools. Discussion Two aspects appeared as the most relevant in this study: growth in the use of neuropsychological assessment as a diagnostic tool in the forensic context; and the necessity to enhance conformity in assessments
Disciplines Medicina
Paraules clau: Diagnóstico,
Neurología,
Psiquiatría,
Evaluación neuropsicológica,
Psiquiatría forense,
Déficit cognitivo,
Memoria,
Retardo mental,
Violencia
Keyword: Medicine,
Diagnosis,
Neurology,
Psychiatry,
Neuropsychological evaluation,
Forensic psychiatry,
Cognitive deficit,
Memory,
Mental retardation,
Violence
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