Title

Compensation Neurosis: A Too Quickly Forgotten Concept?

Authors

Authors

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

Comments

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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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