Clinician's Guide to Validity Assessment and Management in Neuropsychology

This unique hands-on guide walks neuropsychologists through the process of validity assessment and management in real-world clinical settings. Emphasizing the medical necessity of evaluating validity, the authors provide detailed examples, procedural tips, and downloadable practical tools. Step-by-step guidelines are presented for managing potentially complicated referrals, using the clinical interview to gain awareness of possible concerns, choosing and administering performance and symptom validity tests, and providing feedback and treatment recommendations when invalidity is identified. Clinician–patient relationship issues are sensitively addressed. The book concludes with a chapter-length case example. 

Ryan W. Schroeder, PsyD, ABPP-CN, is a board-certified neuropsychologist practicing both clinical and forensic neuropsychology. He engages in clinical work at the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas, and he engages in forensic work through his private practice. Additionally, he is a volunteer Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Kansas School of Medicine–Wichita and Adjunct Faculty in the Clinical Psychology Program at Wichita State University. Dr. Schroeder has published and presented widely on neuropsychological validity assessment and has served on expert committees related to validity assessment and test security. He is a recipient of early career awards from the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN) and the American Psychological Association (APA), and is a Fellow of NAN and APA. 

Phillip K. Martin, PhD, ABPP-CN, is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Kansas School of Medicine–Wichita. He is an active clinician, supervisor of neuropsychology trainees, teacher, and researcher. Dr. Martin has published on multiple topics, including but not limited to neuropsychological validity assessment. He has made unique contributions to the validity assessment literature with his scholarly articles pertaining to professional beliefs and practices, the management of clinical patients who produce invalid test performance, and meta-analysis of specific validity measures. In addition to his published research, Dr. Martin’s participation in the evolving discussion of neuropsychological validity assessment practice has included serving as an expert committee member and a recurrent national conference speaker. 

1. Understanding Validity Assessment as a Medically Necessary Standard of Practice
2. Reviewing Referrals: Managing Clinical Consults That Contain Forensic Elements
3. The Clinical Interview as a Foundational Step: Considerations, Lines of Inquiry, and Methods
4. Using Stand-Alone Performance Validity Tests: Clinical Guidance and Cutoffs
5. Employing Embedded Performance Validity Tests: Clinical Guidance and Cutoffs
6. Interpreting Symptom Validity Tests: Clinical Guidance and Cutoffs
7. Elevating Validity Administration Practices and Making Confident Validity Determinations
8. Accurately Interpreting and Conceptualizing Noncredible Findings
9. Providing Feedback When Testing Is Invalid: A Challenge Made Easy
10. Managing Invalidity in Clinical Reports: Strategies and Examples
11. Putting It All Together: A Case Demonstration
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