I have been doing more research on the issue of widespread discrimination against claimants with psychiatric injury. I came across this paper, written by a lawyer that gives an interesting overview of the dilemma facing governments in dealing with these claims. The writer states: The main arguments against pure psychiatric injury claims can be summarised as follows: 1. The existence of mental harm is more difficult to prove than physical harm, and carries with it the associated risk of trivial … Continue reading Some background to the vexed question of psychiatric claims vs physical claims