Assessing Impairment: From Theory to Practice

Part I: Background .- Chapter 1. Defining the Evolving Concept of Impairment.- Chapter 2. The Role of Family and Cross-Setting Supports to Reduce Impairment and Promote Success.- Chapter 3. Relationships Between Adaptive Behavior and Impairment.- Chapter 4. Impairment in Children.- Chapter 5. Impairment in the Geriatric Population.- Part II: Modeling Impairment .- Chapter 6. Legal Conceptions of Impairment: Implications for the Assessment of Psychiatric Disabilities.- Chapter 7. The Medical Model of Impairment.- Chapter 8. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: The Fifth Edition (DSM-5) Model of Impairment.- Chapter 9. Impairment in Parenting.- Part III: Assessment and Reduction of Impairment .- Chapter 10. Psychometic Issues in the Assessment of Impairment.- Chapter 11. Measurement of Symptom Severity and Impairment.- Chapter 12. Measuring Impairment with the Rating Scale of Impairment.- Chapter 13. Measuring Impairment with the Barkley Functional Impairment Scales.- Chapter 14. Measuring Impairment with the Neuropsychological Impairment Scale.- Chapter 15. Assessing Occupational Disability Following Trauma and Impairment.- Chapter 16. Treatment Integrity in Interventions for Children Diagnosed with DSM-5 Disorders.- Chapter 17. Conclusions.