How Neuroscience and Emerging Technologies will (or will not) Transform Policy, Law and Professional Practice

The program began by reviewing the complex and sometimes troubled history of brain sciences and clinical behavioral health practice. Advances in neuroscience over recent decades due to neuroimaging and other technologies were described, with a focus on their influence on public policy, law, and clinical practice in behavioral health. This included the use of neuroscience by courts to shape broad policy (e.g., juvenile and criminal justice, child welfare) and legal issues (e.g., the traditional legal distinction between physical and psychological/emotional injuries, elder capacities, memory, and trauma). Specific attention was paid to the impact of neuroscience on emerging innovations in clinical assessment and psychotherapies, with implications for clinical training and professional practice. The assertion that the clinical behavioral and social sciences would essentially come to be understood as applied behavioral neurosciences was examined.

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