Multicultural Implications of Neuroethics
Multicultural Implications of Neuroethics: Issues in the Application of Neuroscience underscores the need for theory, research, and cultural perspective within neuroethics to thoughtfully address the ethical issues that arise from the application of neuroscience on an international scale.
The text introduces readers to essential concepts in neuroethics, including cultural neuroethics, the foundation of neuroscience, and methodological issues. Dedicated chapters explore the key principles of neuroethics and various theoretical perspectives, including Western, Eastern, and Middle Eastern views. Readers will examine neuroethics and cultural issues, including discussions of brain enhancement and personnel selection using neuroscience, application of neuroscience in education, brain and neurofeedback methods, treatment of psychiatric and mental health conditions using neuroscience, and the application of neuroscience in law. Closing chapters address topical issues including the future of neuroethics with discussions on the use of nanotechnology, cultural considerations of neuroethical applications, informed consent, and how best to advance neuroscience.
Featuring cutting-edge, essential research, Multicultural Implications of Neuroethics is an exemplary text for students and professionals in psychiatry, psychology, neuroscience, neurology, counselor education, educational neuroscience, as well as any social science that integrates research and practices inspired by neuroscience.
Rick Houser is Professor Emeritus of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling at The University of Alabama, where he served as a professor and department head. His research focuses on ethical decision making, stress and coping, educational neuroscience, and neuroscience and counseling.
Randall Salekin is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Disruptive Behavior Clinic at The University of Alabama. His research focuses on understanding the etiology and treatment of youth with disruptive behavior disorders such as Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Conduct Disorder (CD), and those youth with elevated psychopathic personality traits. He also conducts research in the area of child clinical and forensic psychology, as well as psychology and the law.
The text introduces readers to essential concepts in neuroethics, including cultural neuroethics, the foundation of neuroscience, and methodological issues. Dedicated chapters explore the key principles of neuroethics and various theoretical perspectives, including Western, Eastern, and Middle Eastern views. Readers will examine neuroethics and cultural issues, including discussions of brain enhancement and personnel selection using neuroscience, application of neuroscience in education, brain and neurofeedback methods, treatment of psychiatric and mental health conditions using neuroscience, and the application of neuroscience in law. Closing chapters address topical issues including the future of neuroethics with discussions on the use of nanotechnology, cultural considerations of neuroethical applications, informed consent, and how best to advance neuroscience.
Featuring cutting-edge, essential research, Multicultural Implications of Neuroethics is an exemplary text for students and professionals in psychiatry, psychology, neuroscience, neurology, counselor education, educational neuroscience, as well as any social science that integrates research and practices inspired by neuroscience.
Rick Houser is Professor Emeritus of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling at The University of Alabama, where he served as a professor and department head. His research focuses on ethical decision making, stress and coping, educational neuroscience, and neuroscience and counseling.
Randall Salekin is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Disruptive Behavior Clinic at The University of Alabama. His research focuses on understanding the etiology and treatment of youth with disruptive behavior disorders such as Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Conduct Disorder (CD), and those youth with elevated psychopathic personality traits. He also conducts research in the area of child clinical and forensic psychology, as well as psychology and the law.
Forensic Evaluation and Treatment of Juveniles: Innovation and Best Practice
Psychologists have always played a key role in determining how the juvenile justice system assesses and treats young offenders. Recent neuropsychological findings shows that there are important developmental differences between juvenile offenders, such as varying levels of maturity, risk potential, and amenability to treatment, not to mention individualized personality traits and possible mental disorders. Psychologists must therefore strive for targeted rehabilitation services to avoid unfair treatment and redirect youth to healthier life choices.
This book is a practical guide that will help psychologists answer important psycho-legal questions to properly assess and treat juvenile offenders. These guidelines primarily focus on disposition evaluations, which describe adolescent offenders and paths to rehabilitation, and transfer evaluations, which determine whether juveniles should be moved to adult courts. Psychological assessments can greatly influence a judge s decision, so this book will help forensic clinicians consider important external factors, such as local laws and the political climate, and present assessment data to judges in a thorough, understandable manner.
This book will also be valuable for attorneys, judges, criminologists, and legal scholars who want to understand the psychological science behind juvenile assessment.
This book is a practical guide that will help psychologists answer important psycho-legal questions to properly assess and treat juvenile offenders. These guidelines primarily focus on disposition evaluations, which describe adolescent offenders and paths to rehabilitation, and transfer evaluations, which determine whether juveniles should be moved to adult courts. Psychological assessments can greatly influence a judge s decision, so this book will help forensic clinicians consider important external factors, such as local laws and the political climate, and present assessment data to judges in a thorough, understandable manner.
This book will also be valuable for attorneys, judges, criminologists, and legal scholars who want to understand the psychological science behind juvenile assessment.
Handbook of Child & Adolescent Psychopathy
The past two decades have witnessed an exciting and remarkable increase in the scientific interest and research activity on child and adolescent psychopathy. This authoritative handbook brings together leading psychopathy scientists to review cutting-edge research on the early manifestation of the syndrome. Specifically, the handbook delves into the nature of child and adolescent psychopathy, its’ causes, correlates, and course, at the same time addressing the critical issue of whether the disorder can be prevented or curtailed, an especially important topic given its costly toll on children and broader society. Each chapter is grounded in the latest scientific evidence and covers important theoretical and methodological advances that are continuing to influence our understanding of psychopathy across development. Contributors discuss core issues such as relations to antisocial behavior and personality theory, weigh in on key controversies such as the models for development of psychopathy and identify compelling directions for future research.
Chapters within the Handbook place child and adolescent psychopathy into the larger, historical context of previous attempts to identify future offenders. Widely used assessment instruments and strategies with differing conceptualizations of the psychopathic personality are examined and evaluated. Etiological theories are provided and offer information on potential causes of the disorder ranging from genetic contributions to environmental causes to cognitive and developmental processes potentially linked to the development of the disorder. Moreover, causal models examine the potential neurobiological underpinnings of psychopathy in children and adolescence. Research which examines the overlap between psychopathy and other psychiatric conditions is comprehensively examined. This is a particularly important topic given the high level of co-existing psychopathology in child samples and the potential for this overlap to inform the developmental process of psychopathy in youth. Manifestations of psychopathy in specific sub-populations including girls and ethnically diverse groups are considered, as are connections to such salient problem behaviors as aggression, substance abuse, and recidivism. These chapters serve to provide the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the conception, utility, etiology, and developmental course of psychopathy. The handbook closes with three particularly relevant chapters. The first examines the original premise for applying the construct of psychopathy to children and adolescents – the hope for more effective intervention. The second examines the very controversial issue of applying the construct of psychopathy to children and adolescents in forensic contexts. The third, discusses the journey ahead with respect to future research.
This handbook is the first of its kind in that it provides current, comprehensive, cutting-edge research on pertinent child and adolescent psychopathy topics. This state-of-the-art handbook belongs on the shelves of Child and Adolescent Psychologists and Psychiatrists, Clinical and Clinical Forensic Psychologists and Psychiatrists, Social Workers, and Criminal Justice Professionals. In addition, School Personnel may also find this handbook to be an indispensable reference. Undergraduate and graduate students wanting to learn more about child and adolescent psychopathy will find the material within the pages of this book informative and inspiring. In sum, this handbook is essential reading for researchers interested in psychopathy and related disorders such as the disruptive behavior disorders, and related problems such as conduct problems, and antisocial behavior.