Unique in its focus, this book provides an evidence-based framework for assessing work-related neurological and psychological injuries. Meeting a key need, chapters address a range of problems encountered in the workplace: traumatic brain injury, sports concussion, electrical injury, exposure to neurotoxic substances, posttraumatic stress, depression, and brain and psychological injuries experienced in combat. Professionals will find the best available tools and strategies for conducting effective, ethical evaluations of injured workers, making diagnostic determinations, considering causality, determining disability status, and offering treatment recommendations. The complexities of consulting to attorneys, government agencies, and insurance companies are also discussed.

Unique in its focus, this book provides an evidence-based framework for assessing work-related neurological and psychological injuries. Meeting a key need, chapters address a range of problems encountered in the workplace: traumatic brain injury, sports concussion, electrical injury, exposure to neurotoxic substances, posttraumatic stress, depression, and brain and psychological injuries experienced in combat. Professionals will find the best available tools and strategies for conducting effective, ethical evaluations of injured workers, making diagnostic determinations, considering causality, determining disability status, and offering treatment recommendations. The complexities of consulting to attorneys, government agencies, and insurance companies are also discussed.

Introduction, Shane S. Bush and Grant L. IversonI. Work-Related Injuries1. Traumatic Brain Injury in the Workplace, Grant L. Iverson and Rael T. Lange 2. Assessment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in the Professional Athlete, Mark R. Lovell3. Electrical Injury in the Workplace, Joseph W. Fink, Lauren Rog, Shane S. Bush, and Neil H. Pliskin4. Neurotoxic Exposure Injuries in the Workplace, Robert J. McCaffrey and Andrea S. Miele5. Neuropsychological Consequences of Injury in Military Personnel, Louis M. French, Grant L. Iverson, Rael T. Lange and Richard A. Bryant II. Mental Health and Chronic Pain6. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Workplace, Gerald M. Rosen and Brad K. Grunert7. Depression in the Context of Workplace Injury, Kyle E. Ferguson, Grant L. Iverson, Scott A. Langenecker, and Allan H. Young8. Neuropsychological Aspects of Chronic Pain, Lance M. McCracken and Miles ThompsonIII. Professional Practice Issues9. Neuropsychological Evaluation and Treatment: The Clinician’s Perspective, Greg J. Lamberty 10. The Neuropsychological IME, Shane S. Bush and Robert L. Heilbronner 11. Neuropsychological Assessment and Consultation in Forensic Practice: A Practical Approach to Work-Related Injuries, Robert L. Heilbronner and George K. Henry 12. The Behavioral Health Provider as a Participant in the Disability Determination Process: Evaluations, Terminology, and Systems, David W. Lovejoy and Howard J. Oakes13. Applying Neuropsychology in Vocational Rehabilitation Intervention: Issues in Work Access and Work Return, Robert Fraser, David Strand, Erica Johnson, and Curt Johnson 14. Evidence-Based Neuropsychological Assessment Following Work-Related Injury, Grant L. Iverson, Brian L. Brooks, and James A. Holdnack