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Motor Vehicle Collisions: Medical, Psychosocial, and Legal Consequences

  • 1st Edition - May 21, 2008
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Melanie P Duckworth, Tony Iezzi, William O'Donohue
  • Language: English

Motor Vehicle Collisions: Medical, Psychosocial, and Legal Consequences is a comprehensive review of the motor vehicle collision (MVC) experience and includes chapters relevant… Read more

Description

Motor Vehicle Collisions: Medical, Psychosocial, and Legal Consequences is a comprehensive review of the motor vehicle collision (MVC) experience and includes chapters relevant to the assessment and treatment of multiple consequences of MVC involvement, including medical, psychosocial, and legal difficulties. The book is designed to be accessible to both clinicians and researchers interested in the study of MVCs and in the management of MVC-related problems.

The aim of this book is to capture the MVC experience from a multidisciplinary perspective, This book will serve as a necessary reference for physicians, rehabilitation specialists, allied medical professionals, psychologists, and lawyers.

Key features

  • Presents the complete chronology of an MVC from immediate aftermath to chronic disability
  • Details evidence-based assessment and treatment practices across disciplines
  • Addresses cultural factors that influence assessment and treatment of MVC sufferers

Readership

Clinicians and researchers interested in the study of motor vehicle collisions and in the management of related problems. Physicians, rehabilitation specialists, allied medical professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists and lawyers who have experience with motor vehicle collisions.

Table of contents

Section I The Scope and Significance of Motor Vehicle Collisions

1. Introduction to Motor Vehicle Collisions: Medical, Psychosocial, and Legal Consequences
Melanie P. Duckworth, Tony Iezzi, William T. O’Donohue

2. The Prevalence and Impact of Motor Vehicle Collisions
Ted Miller

3. Predictors of Motor Vehicle Collisions
Graham Hole

Section II Managing the Immediate Motor Vehicle Collision Aftermath

4. Assessment of Acute Pain, Physical Injury, and Disability Consequent to Motor Vehicle Collisions
Murray Girotti and Neil Parry

5. Treatment of Acute Pain, Physical Injury, and Disability Consequent to Motor Vehicle Collisions
David B. Hoyt

6. Emergency Room Trauma: The Immediate Aftermath of Motor Vehicle Collisions
Therese S. Richmond

7. Acute Stress Disorder Consequent to Motor Vehicle Collisions
Richard A. Bryant

Section III Managing the Consequences of Motor Vehicle Collisions in the Primary Care Setting

8. Normalizing Experiences of Acute Pain and Injury-Related Impairment
Keith Sequeira

9. Normalizing Emotional Distress
Michael Lewandowski

10. Managing Primary Care Costs: Medical and Psychological Cost-Offset
William T. O’Donohue

Section IV Chronic Physical and Psychological Consequences of Motor Vehicle Collisions

11. Assessment of Patients with Whiplash Associated Disorders
Dennis Turk and James Robinson

12. Treatment of Chronic Pain Consequent to Motor Vehicle Collisions
Robert J. Gatchel

13. Neuropathology and Severity of Traumatic Brain Injury Consequent to a Motor Vehicle Collisions
H. Julia Hannay

14. Cognitive Impairment Consequent to Motor Vehicle Collisions
Grant Iverson

15. Psychological Conditions Associated with Motor Vehicle Collisions
Meaghan O’Donnell and Mark Creamer

16. Assessment of PTSD Consequent to Motor Vehicle Collisions
Melanie P. Duckworth

17. Treatment of PTSD Consequent to Motor Vehicle Collisions
Edward J. Hickling and Eric Kuhn

18. Driving Phobia Associated with Motor Vehicle Collisions
Joanne Taylor

Section V Medical-Legal Issues Associated with Motor Vehicle Collisions

19. Medical-Legal Issues: A Legal Perspective
Stephen Schenke

20. Medical-Legal Issues: A Medical Perspective
Nathan D. Zasler and Michael F. Martelli

21. Medical-Legal Issues: A Psychological Perspective
Tony Iezzi

22. Medical-Legal. Issues: A Patient’s Perspective
Melanie P. Duckworth and Tony Iezzi

Section VI Summary, Conclusions, and Future Directions

23. Current Status and Future Directions in the Study of Motor Vehicle Collisions and the Associated Medical, Psychosocial, and Legal Consequences
Tony Iezzi, Melanie P. Duckworth, and William T. O’Donohue

Review quotes

"Motor Vehicle Collisions by Duckworth, Iezzi, and O’Donohue (2008) is an excellent book that deserves to be studied by all students and workers in the field, whether in psychology or a related mental health profession."—Psychol. Inj. and Law (2009) 2:89–92

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 21, 2008
  • Language: English

About the editors

MD

Melanie P Duckworth

Affiliations and expertise
University of Nevada, Reno, USA

TI

Tony Iezzi

Affiliations and expertise
London Health Sciences Center, Ontario, Canada

WO

William O'Donohue

Dr. William O’Donohue is a licensed clinical psychologist and professor of clinical psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He obtained his B.S. in Psychology from University of Urbana-Champaign and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from SUNY at Stony Brook. Dr. O’Donohue’s research focuses on quality in mental health service delivery, integrated care, human sexuality, forensic psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy, and philosophy of psychology. For the last three decades, he has directed a free psychological treatment center for sexual assault victims. He has served on the American Psychiatric Association’s advisory committee to revise the diagnosis of pedophilia for the DSM5, and he has published more than 10 books with Elsevier, including Handbook of Cultural Competence in Applied Psychology and Forensic Interviews Regarding Child Sexual Abuse.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Nevada, Reno, USA

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