Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Note on Terminology

Retrospective Assessment of Mental States in Criminal and Civil Litigation: A Clinical Review

Retrospective Assessment of Mental States and the Law

What Can We Ever Know About the Past? A Philosophical Consideration of the Assessment of Retrospective Mental States

Assessment of Mental State at the Time of the Criminal Offense: The Forensic Examination

Retrospective Assessment of Malingering in Insanity Defense Cases

Murder, Suicide, Accident, or Natural Death? Assessment of Suicide Risk Factors at the Time of Death

Retrospective Assessment of Children's Mental States

The Past as Prologue: Assessment of Future Violence in Individuals With a History of Past Violence

Evaluating Mental States Without the Benefit of a Direct Examination: Basic Concepts and Ethical and Legal Implications

Validating Retrospective Assessments: An Overview of Research Models

What Can Psychologists Contribute to the Examination of Memory and Past Mental States?

Psychiatric Diagnoses and the Retrospective Assessment of Mental States

Special in Memory Retrieval: Chemical, Hypnotic, and Imagery Procedures

Competence and Mental Impairment

Remembering the Future: Policy Implications for the Forensic Assessment of Past Mental States

Index