Compensation Neurosis: A Too Quickly Forgotten Concept?

    Authors

    R. C. W. Hall;R. C. W. Hall

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry Law

    Keywords

    EXCESSIVE COGNITIVE SYMPTOMS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN-INJURY; ACCIDENT NEUROSIS; HEAD-INJURY; COGNIFORM CONDITION; PROPOSED DIAGNOSES; QUANTITATIVE EEG; BASE RATES; DISORDER; PTSD; Law; Psychiatry

    Abstract

    There has been great debate concerning the existence and meaning of compensation neurosis. It is included in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 and -10 but not listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR). On the eve of publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), we re-examine the history and concept of compensation neurosis and conceptually update the condition to reflect current psychiatric thought. We consider its utility as a diagnostic entity for forensic evaluations and its components as they relate to exaggeration in injury claims. We also discuss how compensation neurosis differs from malingering and factitious disorder.

    Journal Title

    Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

    Volume

    40

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2012

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    390

    Last Page

    398

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000309899600011

    ISSN

    1093-6793

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