Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria (Mar 2015)

Forensic neuropsychological assessment: clinical case of depression and working incapacity

  • Camila Monti,
  • Fabiana Saffi,
  • Daniel Martins de Barros,
  • Alvaro Machado Dias,
  • Henrique Teruo Akiba,
  • Antonio de Pádua Serafim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0047-2085000000061
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 64, no. 1
pp. 86 – 89

Abstract

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Issues related to mental health in relation to court matters have increasingly required the participation of the psychologist. We present the use of forensic neuropsychological assessment in a case of retirement reversal. Incapacity was attested due to disability resulting from depression of a 35-year-old attorney, and the case was forwarded from the courts to the Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Unit at the USP Clinical Hospital. A clinical interview and application of cognitive tests was conducted. Despite the depression, significant cognitive losses that would prevent return to his professional assignments were not detected. The neuropsychological assessment has been shown to be an important tool in the forensic context, as it assists with diagnostic value for clarification of functional aspects in the various psychopathological areas in terms of disabilities or potentialities.

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