Psychological Injury and Law Journal

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Psychological Injury and Law journal, published by Springer-Verlag, is the flagship publication of the Association for Scientific Advancement in Psychological Injury and Law (ASAPIL).

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Editorial Board

EDITOR IN CHIEF for the Psychological Injury and Law journal

Gerald Young, Ph.D., C. Psych.
Department of Psychology, Glendon College, York University, Canada

ASSOCIATE EDITOR, LAW

Craig R. Lareau, J.D., Ph.D., ABPP
Patton State Hospital

ASSOCIATE EDITOR, PSYCHOLOGY

Andrew W. Kane, Ph.D., ABAP
Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology

A. SECTION HEAD CONTRIBUTING EDITORS for the Psychological Injury and Law journal.

CORE MAJOR SECTIONS

1. Law (evidence, tort, personal injury)

David DeMatteo, J.D., Ph.D., ABPP (Forensic)
Associate Professor of Psychology & Law, Drexel University

Michael E. Keesler, J.D., Ph.D.
Drexel University

2. Forensic Psychology

Andrew W. Kane, Ph.D., ABAP
Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology

Madelyn Milchman, Ph.D.
Upper Montclair, New Jersey

3. Assessment

F. Barton Evans, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry, ETSU College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN

Marvin W. Acklin, Ph.D.
Honolulu, Hawaii

4. Symptom Validity Testing (SVT) and Malingering

George Demakis, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

David T. R. Berry, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky

5. Disability

Izabela Z. Schultz, Ph.D., ABPP, ABVE
Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, University of British Columbia, Canada

Pamela Warren, Ph.D.
Carle Physician Group & University of Illinois, Medical School, Department of Psychiatry

6. Return to Work

Pamela Warren, Ph.D.
Carle Physician Group & University of Illinois, Medical School, Department of Psychiatry

Izabela Z. Schultz, Ph.D., ABPP, ABVE
Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, University of British Columbia, Canada

7. Practice Matters

Mark Worthen, Psy.D.
Park City, Utah

8. Therapy and Rehabilitation in PIL

TBD

9. Posttraumatic Stress (PTSD/ Distress)

Robert H. Pietrzak, Ph.D., M.P.H.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD & Yale School of Medicine

Jack Tsai, Ph.D.(Junior Section Head)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine & VA Connecticut Healthcare System

10. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Maria A. Bergman, Ph.D.
Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Ronald Ruff, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco, California

11. Chronic Pain

William W. Deardorff, Ph.D., ABPP, QME
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

12. Discrimination and Harassment

William E. Foote, Ph.D.
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Louise F. Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

13. Ethics

Michael E. Schatman, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Foundation for Ethics in Pain Care

Shane S. Bush, Ph.D.
Long Island Neuropsychology, PC, Lake Ronkonkoma, New York

14. General Interest and Controversies

Robert J. Gatchel, Ph.D., ABPP
University of Texas at Arlington

Gerald Young, Ph.D., C. Psych.
Department of Psychology, Glendon College, York University, Canada

B. GENERAL CONTRIBUTING EDITORS for the Psychological Injury and Law journal.

Marc Ackerman, Ph.D. (Forensics)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Paul A. Arbisi, Ph.D. (Assessment)
Minneapolis VA Medical Center, MH&B PSL, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Gordon Asmundson, Ph.D. (PTSD)
University of Regina, Canada

Bradley N. Axelrod, Ph.D. (TBI)
John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan

Jeffrey Barth, Ph.D., ABPP-CN (TBI)
Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine

Erica Beecher-Monas, LL.M., J.S.D. (Law)
Wayne State University Law School

Steve Bisbing, Ph.D.(Forensics)
Huntington Beach, California

Daniel Bruns, Psy.D. (Pain)
Greeley, Colorado

Larry Cohen, Esq. (Disability)
Phoenix, Arizona

Beth Darnall, Ph.D. (Ethics)
Palo Alto, California

Melanie P. Duckworth, Ph.D. (Pain)
University of Nevada, Reno

Joel Dvoskin, Ph.D., ABPP (Forensics)
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Jon D. Elhai, Ph.D. (PTSD)
University of Toledo

Laszlo A. Erdodi, Ph.D., C.Psych. (TBI)
University of Windsor, Canada

Charles Ewing, Ph.D., J.D. (Law)
University of Buffalo Law School

John M. Fabian, J.D., Psy.D., ABPP (Law)
Cleveland, Ohio

David Faigman, M.A., J.D. (Law)
Hastings College of Law, University of California

Charles Figley, Ph.D. (PTSD)
Traumatology Institute, Tulane University

Michael S. Finch, J.D., S.J.D. (Law)
Stetson Law School

James Flens, Psy.D., ABPP (Forensics)
Brandon, Florida

David Forbes, Ph.D. (PTSD)
Director, Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health; Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne

B. Christopher Frueh, Ph.D. (PTSD)
Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine

Alan Goldberg, Psy.D., ABPP, J.D. (Disability)
Tucson, Arizona

Michael C. Gottlieb, Ph.D., FAFP (Forensics)
Dallas, Texas

Anouk L. Grubaugh, Ph.D. (PTSD)
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral, Epidemiologic, and Community Health Division (BEACH), Medical University of South Carolina

Thomas Guilmette, Ph.D., ABPP-CN (Disability)
Providence College

Stephen Haynes, Ph.D. (Assessment)
University of Hawaii

Kirk Heilbrun, Ph.D., ABPP (Forensics)
Drexel University

James Hoelzle, Ph.D. (SVT/ Malingering)
Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Laura Howe, J.D., Ph.D. (Forensics)
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California

Steven K. Huprich, Ph.D. (Assessment)
Eastern Michigan University

Tony Iezzi, Ph.D. (Pain)
London Health Sciences Centre, Canada

Grant Iverson, Ph.D. (TBI)
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Canada

Ronald Kaplan, Ph.D. (General Interest and Controversies)
Hamilton, Canada

Terence Keane, Ph.D. (PTSD)
Division of Psychiatry, Boston University, and Boston VA Medical Center

Ali Khadivi, Ph.D. (Practice Matters)
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, New York

William Koch, Ph.D., ABPP (Forensics)
North Vancouver, Canada

Barbara L. Kornblau, J.D. (Ethics)
Arlington, Virginia

Jeffrey Kreutzer, Ph.D. (TBI)
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia

Ronald J. Kulich, Ph.D. (Pain)
Center for Pain Medicine, Dept. of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Dona E. C. Locke, Ph.D., ABPP-CN (Assessment)
Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona

Michael F. Martelli, Ph.D., AAPM (Forensics)
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Virginia Health System

Marc A. Martinez, Ph.D., ABPP (General Interest and Controversies)
New York, USA

Joni L. Mihura, Ph.D. (Assessment)
University of Toledo

Randy K. Otto, Ph.D. (Law)
Department of Mental Health Law & Policy, Florida Mental Health Institute

Patrick A. Palmieri, Ph.D. (PTSD)
Center for the Treatment and Study of Traumatic Stress, Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio

David B. Peterson, Ph.D., CRC, NCC (Disability)
Division of Special Education and Counseling, California State University, Los Angeles

Trica L. Peterson, Ph.D., ABPP (General Interest and Controversies)
New York, USA

Lisa D. Piechowski, Ph.D., ABPP (Law)
Department of Clinical Psychology, American School of Professional Psychology

Stephen Porter, Ph.D. (PTSD)
Dalhousie University, Canada

Kenneth M. Prkachin, Ph.D. (Disability)
Psychology and Health Science Programs, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada

Paul M. Richards, Ph.D. (TBI)
Louisville, Colorado

J. Donald Richardson, M.D. (PTSD)
Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

Jim Robinson, Ph.D. (Pain)
Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington

Richard C. Robinson, Ph.D. (Pain)
Bellevue, Washington

Richard Rogers, Ph.D. (Assessment)
University of North Texas

Martin L. Rohling, Ph.D. (SVT/ Malingering)
University of South Alabama

Steven Rubenzer, Ph.D., ABPP (Forensics)
Houston, Texas

Kenneth J. Ruggiero, Ph.D. (PTSD)
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina

Gary Schoener, M.Eq., Psy.D. (Hon.) (Forensics)
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Christian Schutte, Ph.D. (TBI)
Belleville, Michigan

Martin Sellbom, Ph.D. (SVT/ Malingering)
Department of Psychology, University of Otago

David Shapiro, Ph.D. (Forensics)
Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University

Jillian Shipherd, Ph.D. (PTSD)
National Center for PTSD, Women’s Health Sciences Division, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts

Michael Sullivan, Ph.D. (Pain)
Departments of Psychology, Neurology, Medicine, McGill University, Canada

Ray Tait, Ph.D. (Pain)
Department of Psychiatry, St. Louis University School of Medicine

Steven Taylor, Ph.D. (PTSD)
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Canada

Rodney D. Vanderploeg, Ph.D. (TBI)
James A. Haley VA Hospital, Tampa, Florida

Tara L. Victor, Ph.D. (SVT/ Malingering)
California State University

Nancy Wolff, Ph.D. (PTSD)
Center for Behavioral Health Services & Criminal Justice Research Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Bob Woody, J.D., Ph.D. (Forensics)
University of Nebraska at Omaha

Dustin B. Wygant, Ph.D. (SVT/ Malingering)
Eastern Kentucky University

Stephen J. Ziegler, Ph.D., J.D. (Ethics)
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Lori Zoellner, Ph.D. (PTSD)
University of Washington