@article{ref1,
title="Is PTSD a bodily injury?",
journal="Journal of law and medicine",
year="2022",
author="Condon, Jacqueline and Stewart, Cameron and Galletly, Cherrie",
volume="29",
number="3",
pages="888-894",
abstract="Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is unique among psychiatric disorders in that the cause, a traumatic event (or events), is known. PTSD is often the subject of legal proceedings, with persons seeking compensation from the agency considered responsible for the trauma. While PTSD is clearly a psychiatric disorder, there is less agreement about whether PTSD can also be categorised as a bodily injury, as defined by the Montreal Convention 1999. This article describes Pel-Air Pty Ltd v Casey, a case involving physical and psychiatric injuries resulting from the forced landing of a plane. It was ruled that PTSD was not a bodily injury under the Convention. While psychiatric expert evidence demonstrated that PTSD causes neurochemical changes, it was ruled that neurochemical changes do not indicate a bodily injury. We describe evidence of neuroanatomical changes and neurochemical changes in PTSD, proposing that the structure of the brain in PTSD support the argument that PTSD is a bodily injury.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1320-159X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}