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Chapter Ⅰ The Interface between Law and Clinical Practice 1

The law of psychological injury 10

Chapter Ⅱ Psychological and Physical Damage 31

Categories of accident 31

Classification of physical injuries 32

Orthopaedic injuries 34

Traumatic brain injury 42

Mild traumatic brain injury （MTBI） 45

Post concussion syndrome 45

Cognitive impairment and whiplash injury 48

Brain damage 49

Psychological injury： diagnosis and assessment 50

- Global Assessment of Functions （GAF） 53

- Children’s Global Assessment Scale （CGAS） 54

- Differential Diagnosis of Anxiety Disorders 63

Adjustment to trauma and personal injury 64

Psychiatric damage 65

Classification of chronic pain 67

Assessment of psychological disorders （non-pain related） 69

Assessment of psychological disorders （pain related） 69

Reliability of classification schemes 73

Differential Diagnosis of Somatoform Disorders 73

Conclusion 76

Key summary points 76

Chapter Ⅲ Eliciting Information from Claimants 77

Legal and clinical perspectives of evidence 77

Interviewing adults and children - Part Ⅰ： setting the scene 77

Interviewing adults and children - Part Ⅱ： conversation management 78

Interviewing adults and children - Part Ⅲ： The structured cognitive interview 80

The use of medical and occupational records 90

The structured interview 93

CAPS Criterion B 94

CAPS Summary Sheet 95

Level of distress or impairment 110

Psychosocial aspects of pain 111

Measurement of inappropriate pain or illness behaviour 113

Chronic pain and pain magnification 114

Assessing vulnerability and predisposition 114

Key summary points 117

Chapter Ⅳ The Expert 119

Civil Procedure Rules 120

In practice 125

Expert’s Declaration provided by the Expert Witness Institute 132

Written questions to expert 133

Meetings between experts 135

Key summary points 148

Chapter Ⅴ Decision-Making and the Court Hearing 149

Court Hearing Trails 149

Optimising the clarity of experts opinions and levels of agreement/disagreement 150

Key summary points 154

Chapter Ⅵ Assessing Reliability and Detecting Deception 155

Assessing non-verbal behaviour 157

Conclusion 173

Key summary points 173

Chapter Ⅶ Helping the Claimant ‘Recover’： the Rehabilitation Process 175

Classifying travel fear 189

Do all nervous travellers need a ‘5，000 mile service’？ 190

Case study 190

Partnership in relaxed travel 191

Particular loss of amenity in bikers and cyclists 192

Lawyers and insurers paving the way to easier travel 192

Dealing with minor injuries and minor psychiatric damage： the conceptof ‘learned helplessness’ 195

Summary 203

Key summary points 204

Chapter Ⅷ Quality Management of Legal and Medical Services 205

Understanding quality improvement in legal and medical services 208

Commitment of staff to continuous quality improvement 210

Outpatient Questionnaire 228

Key summary points 235

Chapter Ⅸ Conclusions and Next Steps 237

References 243

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