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Personal Injury refers to ‘any disease and any impairment of a person’s physical or mental condition’ (s.38, Limitation Act 1980). The literature documents that psychiatric damage is an injury that can cause anxiety neurosis or reactive depression.
In relation to psychiatry, in order for a personal injury case to be relevant it must be proven that the claimant has sustained a ‘recognisable psychiatric illness’. A recognisable psychiatric illness is not shock, grief, distress or some other emotion, but a positive illness ‘recognised as such by psychiatrists’.
Optimum MedicoLegal deal with the following areas relating to personal injury psychiatric reports:
PTSD
Road traffic or workplace accidents
Fitness to work
Depression, Anxiety
Work related stress
Optimum MedicoLegal also offer remedial programmes and bespoke treatment packages for any issues brought up by the report.