title: [Problems in medical certification of posttraumatic neuropsychiatric disorders for the purpose of criminal and civil law proceedings].
abstract: In the past several years, in the material of Forensic Medicine Department, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, a significant increase has been noted in the number of cases associated with CNS dysfunctions, either as isolated conditions or in association with posttraumatic disorders. In the majority of cases, such dysfunctions were causally related to a head trauma. The Faculty of the Department are also requested with an increasing frequency to estimate the association between the observed neuro-psychiatric abnormalities and complaints and the undue exposure to a stress factor. In the present publication, the authors have emphasized difficulties in assessing the complaints reported by the claimants and the possibilities of objectivization of such complaints by neuro-psychiatric examinations. They also stress problems in application of obligatory ICD 10 terms denoting dysfunctions of the central nervous system in medico-legal opinions.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Zakładu Medycyny Sadowej Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach. christianjablonski@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jabłoński
authors.forename: Czesław
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chowaniec
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobek
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kowalczyk-Jabłońska
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*