Jul 6
If you are accused of malingering based upon the fake bad scale on the mmpi2, read about the creator of the fake bad scale in an article called:
Welding’s Toxic Legacy: Did a 5 Billion Dollar Industry Cover up the Health Risks of Manganese to Thousands of Workers?
Jul 1
Plaintiff lawyers Dorothy Clay Sims and Matthew D. Powell obtained a $1.5 million dollar verdict for a client who was charged with malingering. Read the full story here.
Dorothy Clay Sims, Esq. ~ Sims, Stakenborg & Henry, PA.
Jun 4
Stress plays a role in the disruption of cognitive function and the belief is that higher blood levels of stress-related glucocorticosteroids may interfere with the formation of memory and the retrieval of information from memory stores. Chronic pain is associated with elevated levels of stress and stress hormones (see investigating the link between cognitive dysfunction and chronic pain following the 3 December 2007 pathways, Perspectives in Modern Neurology of Pain Management by Dr. Bruce Dick, Ph.D.). Another confounding factor is sleep impairment and cognitive disruption. (See Blackwell T., Yaffek, et al.) Poor sleep is associated with impaired cognitive function in older women. (The study of osteoporotic fractures J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2006:61:405-410, Harrison Y, Horne, JA. Sleep Loss and Temporal Memory. Q J Exp Psychol A. 2000 Feb.; 53(1):271-9. Depression, Joem Volume 50, No. 4, April 2008 Williams, CD, Schouten, Ronald, Assessment of Occupational Impairment and Disability from Depression, page 441 to 450.) This article proposes to give a method for suggested screenings for depression and classifications of impairment using the AMA Guide and Global Assessment of Functioning number. Unfortunately this article also discusses the “alleged conflict” between the treater and the evaluator which of course gives more credibility to the evaluator which is almost always retained by the defense. Page 449: “to some extent these conflicts can be mitigated by recourse to an IME, …” Isn’t that a surprise.
Dorothy Clay Sims, Esq. ~ Sims, Stakenborg & Henry, PA.