Fascinating programme tonight. Basically asking if our current Compensation Culture is a good thing and whether it can actually hinder recovery. It also asked whether the current medical establishment diagnoses Post Traumatic Stress Disorder too easily.
The programme was presented by a war reporter who suffered PTSD after witnessing his cameraman being killed.
He did cite instances of people being diagnosed for relatively minor injuries, and one teacher who has not worked for four years after being criticised by the muslim members of the school board for the religious content of her lectures.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...auma_Industry/
Now, while it doesn't affect me directly, and while I am not medically qualified, it does seem as though we are claiming compensation for increasingly minor injuries, which will result in higher costs for all of us.
It also victimises those who are *geniunely* suffering with PTSD. Too many claims will result in pressure to tighten up diagnosis procedures (the programme says this is already happening in the US), which will result in genuine claims failing.
The programme also raises the interesting point that forcing a PTSD victim to relive their experience in the adverserial atmosphere of a court could theoretically set their recovery back, possibly for years.
It does seem that the only people who think the current compensation culture is a good idea are the lawyers and psychiatrists who profit from it.