Title: Mental and emotional injuries in employment litigation /
Authors: McDonald, James J.; Kulick, Francine B.
Date: 2001
Publisher: Bureau of National Affairs,
Physical description: xlv, 880 pages ; 26 cm
Language: English
LC classification: K
Abstract: Provides important clinical explanations and the latest legal analyses for the evaluation of emotional distress claims. Facilitates effective communication with mental health experts, while assisting the understanding of the impact of psychiatric disorders and medications on human behavior. Provides insights on how to manage the complicated mental health issues involved in employment litigation.
Contents: The legal context -- The role of the mental health professional in employment litigation -- Clinical evaluation and case formulation of mental and emotional injury claims -- The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -- Mental disorders commonly encountered in employment litigation -- Personality disorders in employment litigation -- Preparing the case for the expert -- The right to privacy versus the need for discovery -- The mental examination -- The use and misuse of psychological testing -- Malingering : distortion and deception in employment litigiation -- Pharmacology and psychopharmacology -- Posttraumatic stress disorder in employment cases -- Special issues in sexual harassment cases -- Avoiding and attacking "junk science" in employment litigation -- Mental disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act -- Appendixes. EEOC policy guide on compensatory and punitive damages under 1991 Civil Rights Act -- American Academy of Psychiatry and the law : ethical guidelines for the practice of forensic psychiatry -- Specialty guidelines for forensic psychologists -- Model engagement letters for mental health experts -- Rule 412, Federal Rules of Evidence -- Rule 702, Federal Rules of Evidence -- Sample cross-examination of plaintiff's expert.
Notes: Kept up to date by supplements.
Subject headings (LCSH): Affective disorders.; Damages--United States.; Discrimination in employment--Law and legislation--United States.; Liability for emotional distress--United States.; Psychic trauma.