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Proving MTBI Part II
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In today’s podcast, Richard L. Duquette discusses the importance and ways of checking lifestyle changes in Proving Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Part 2. Tune in to help you decide how to proceed with your case!
Probing Lifestyle Changes
In any case, it is essential for the plaintiff to prove the lifestyle changes caused by the injury. As some say, a brain injury is considered permanent or long term if it still exists after 6 months.
Insurances companies often use diagnostic imaging to deny the basis of the claim. They would go on to say that the symptom has permanently healed or that there’s nothing wrong.
Where Diagnostic Imaging Fails
Diagnostic imaging does not always prove the absence of the injury. Victims can still suffer from lingering symptoms and effects. This can be evident in their sensory, cognitive, and motor functions as well as in their emotions and behaviors.
Bizarre actions by clients may need further assessment. Such actions could be caused by a head injury acquired from the accident. Depression can be one of the effects.
Finding Help
One way to check lifestyle changes is through neuropsychological assessment. A neuropsychologist can draw insights from the structure and functions of the brain. With this, he can help explain the effects on a person’s psychological facilities.
The assessment aims to diagnose a person’s intelligence, memory, language skills, executive function, visuospatial skills, or a combination of all.
Significance of a Composite Profile
It can be challenging to prove lifestyle changes when there exists no prior psychological records. Providing a record of the prior condition to measure against the after condition will greatly support the case.
For this, plaintiff should be able to gather as much information as possible to provide a composite psychological profile.
To hear about the importance and ways of checking lifestyle changes in Proving Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Part 2, download and listen to the entire episode.
If you are short on time, here are the highlights of Proving Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Part 2:
Probing lifestyle effects? (1:48)
How to check changes? (3:01)
Problem with neuropsychological testing? (5:09)
Significance of live witnesses? (7:45)
Task of the neuropsychologist and plaintiff attorney? (9:13)
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