Neurobehavioral assessment in forensic practice
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Neurobehavioral assessment in forensic practice.
There is a growing awareness among mental health practitioners that many mental disorders previously believed to be primarily behavioral in nature, reflecting character and environment, are actually grounded in brain mal-development or brain disorder. This growing awareness, influenced by the advent of new diagnostic procedures and measures, is also found among forensic practitioners. In this p...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0160-2527
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2012.09.014