Chapter Ⅰ The Interface between Law and Clinical Practice

The law of psychological injury

Chapter Ⅱ Psychological and Physical Damage

Categories of accident

Classification of physical injuries

Orthopaedic injuries

Traumatic brain injury

Mild traumatic brain injury （MTBI）

Post concussion syndrome

Cognitive impairment and whiplash injury

Brain damage

Psychological injury： diagnosis and assessment

- Global Assessment of Functions （GAF）

- Children’s Global Assessment Scale （CGAS）

- Differential Diagnosis of Anxiety Disorders

Adjustment to trauma and personal injury

Psychiatric damage

Classification of chronic pain

Assessment of psychological disorders （non-pain related）

Assessment of psychological disorders （pain related）

Reliability of classification schemes

Differential Diagnosis of Somatoform Disorders

Conclusion

Key summary points

Chapter Ⅲ Eliciting Information from Claimants

Legal and clinical perspectives of evidence

Interviewing adults and children - Part Ⅰ： setting the scene

Interviewing adults and children - Part Ⅱ： conversation management

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

The use of medical and occupational records

The structured interview

CAPS Criterion B

CAPS Summary Sheet

Level of distress or impairment

Psychosocial aspects of pain

Measurement of inappropriate pain or illness behaviour

Chronic pain and pain magnification

Assessing vulnerability and predisposition

Key summary points

Chapter Ⅳ The Expert

Civil Procedure Rules

In practice

Expert’s Declaration provided by the Expert Witness Institute

Written questions to expert

Meetings between experts

Key summary points

Chapter Ⅴ Decision-Making and the Court Hearing

Court Hearing Trails

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

Key summary points

Chapter Ⅵ Assessing Reliability and Detecting Deception

Assessing non-verbal behaviour

Conclusion

Key summary points

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

Classifying travel fear

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

Case study

Partnership in relaxed travel

Particular loss of amenity in bikers and cyclists

Lawyers and insurers paving the way to easier travel

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

Summary

Key summary points

Chapter Ⅷ Quality Management of Legal and Medical Services

Understanding quality improvement in legal and medical services

Commitment of staff to continuous quality improvement

Outpatient Questionnaire

Key summary points

Chapter Ⅸ Conclusions and Next Steps

References