Disability assessment in Traumatic Brain Injury – Issues and controversies

Harish M Tharayil; Varsha Vidyadharan

doi:10.30834/KJP.35.2.2022.351

Authors

Harish M Tharayil Professor, Government Medical College, Thrissur
Varsha Vidyadharan Assistant Professor, Government Medical College, Kozhikode

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30834/KJP.35.2.2022.351

Keywords:

Traumatic brain injury, disability certification, RPWD Act

Abstract

This viewpoint article discusses the issues and difficulties that psychiatrists face when seeing patients with traumatic brain injury. Lack of proper instruments for assessment, lack of clarity on who is the medical authority for certification, confounding effects of comorbidities, etc. are discussed.

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