title: The ABCs of psychiatric disability evaluations.
abstract: This nuts and bolts chapter for clinicians who perform independent medical examinations delves into the details of a psychiatric disability evaluation-from why the handshake at the beginning of the session is so important, to how to examine a claimant's credibility. Pertinent points from the AMA's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment are excerpted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perlo
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000379:methods*