{"product_id":"forensic-assessments-for-capacity-david-liebert-9798173649188","title":"Forensic Assessments for Capacity \u0026 Undue Influence: A Practitioner's Manual for the Mental Health Expert\/ Revised and Updated Edition-2026","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe demand for clinicians who can tell disease from incapacity, and persuasion from undue influence, has never been greater. As the population ages, courts increasingly need mental-health experts who can produce functional, data-anchored opinions-and defend them in a report, in deposition, and on the witness stand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForensic Assessments for Capacity and Undue Influence\u003c\/i\u003e is a practitioner's manual for the licensed clinician stepping into this work. It narrows the broad field of forensic practice to two high-stakes civil evaluations and teaches the essential skills to conduct them, to write a defensible report, and to communicate that report effectively to the court.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for readers who already hold an advanced degree and an independent license, the book moves from foundations to courtroom. It covers what qualifies a clinician as an expert under Daubert and the amended Federal Rule of Evidence 702; the social and neurocognitive foundations of capacity, including Alzheimer's, vascular, and Lewy body disease; how to operationalize capacity and undue influence; the appropriate use of psychometric testing and structured interviews; prospective versus retrospective and posthumous evaluation; evaluator bias and the pull of the retaining side; and the report writing, testimony, and cross-examination that make or break an opinion. Teaching case studies-including one in which the finding is adverse-model how to reason to a conclusion the data actually support.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis revised and updated 2026 edition brings the science and the law current-DSM-5-TR, the December 2023 amendment to Rule 702, and recent advances in Alzheimer's diagnosis and treatment-and adds new material on cross-examination, retrospective evaluation, and cultural and linguistic factors in testing. Appendices supply sample case-study reports, an engagement letter, a review of psychometric assessments, and a structured capacity interview.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRigorous, practical, and court-focused, this manual prepares the mental-health professional for a credible first day as a forensic expert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Liebert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798173649188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.28d","brand":"David Liebert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50848344572159,"sku":"9798173649188","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forensic-assessments-for-capacity-david-liebert-9798173649188","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}