Clinical Guide to Mental Disability Evaluations

From the reviews: "The book begins by addressing some of the most basic questions about how to handle requests for disability evaluations and general assessment of the issues, and flows methodically through evaluative issues ... . Chapters end with a concise, but relevant, reference section, as well as sections of key points and conclusions. ... can offer clinicians the opportunity to serve their patients and everyone else involved in these procedures more productively and comprehensively." (Steven T. Herron, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2013)

• Mental Health Disability: A Model for Assessment.- Legal and Ethical Issues in Providing Mental Health Disability Evaluations.- What should I do? When Patients Seek Disability Documentation.- Weighing Work Accommodations, Work Withdrawal, and Return to Work.- Psychological Testing in Workplace Disability Evaluations.- Malingering and Mental Health Disability Evaluations.- Social Security Disability Insurance Evaluations: Treating Clinicians and Consultative Examiners.- Workers’ Compensation Evaluations.- Long-term Disability Evaluations for Private Insurers.- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act in Disability Evaluations.- Workplace Violence Evaluations and the Americans with Disabilities Act.- Fitness for Duty Evaluations.- Fitness for Duty Evaluations of Physicians and Health Care Professionals: Treating Providers and Protecting the Public.- Fitness for Duty Evaluations of Law Enforcement Officers.