Focusing on Mental Health in Personal Injury Cases
September 2024
Overtime, personal injury cases have increasingly recognized the importance of mental health as a component of damages. As compared to the past, where mental health claims were often overlooked or ignored. Mental health conditions that can be caused or exacerbated by a personal injury include anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorders and adjustment disorders. While a person may look fine on the outside, the psychological impact of a personal injury can be debilitating.
Some of the most frequent psychological responses that are seen in personal injury cases include anxiety and depression from the uncertainty about the future, physical limitations and lifestyle changes, social isolation due to the emotional distress and financial stress form the medical bills and lost wages.
There is a growing recognition in personal injury cases of the long-lasting mental health consequences that last beyond the physical recovery.
If you have been injured due the fault of another, take the time to find experienced trial counsel. At Herrick & Hart, we have been on the side of the injured since 1951.