Functional Symptoms - A Guide to Cases Involving Conditions with No Organic Cause

Introduction

This webinar will unravel some of the complexities of cases where a claimant’s symptoms have no identified organic cause.

The webinar will help you understand how to navigate your way through the medical, legal, evidential and practical challenges that arise in such cases.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Is it ‘all in their minds’ or is there something else going on?
• Consideration of the key characteristics of functional disorders
• The medical diagnoses and terminology you may encounter in such cases
• The medical and legal considerations that arise in linking functional disorders to an accident or injury
• Are there predisposing, precipitating or perpetuating factors?
• How do the courts deal with symptoms and losses that are out of proportion to the original injury?
• Which experts should you use?
• Consideration of the issues of treatment, rehabilitation, care, equipment and prognosis that frequently arise
• How issues of exaggeration and dishonesty frequently arise and consider if these can be distinguished from variability and inaccurate reporting of symptoms

This webinar was recorded on 3rd June 2021