ABSTRACT
Mild head injury can be followed by a triad of emotional, cognitive and somatic complaints (Evans 1992; Brown,
Fann, and Grant 1994). Prior head injuries, substance abuse, as well as somatization and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are factors which render difficult the assignment of a specific constellation of symptoms fully attributable to the litigated head trauma. There is also a high base rate in the normal population of having suffered a minor head trauma without lasting consequences (Evans 1992; Mittenberg and Strauman 2000). Some suggest that persisting symptoms in the context of a mild head injury and litigation are predominantly the consequence of financial incentives (Binder and Rohling 1996).
