Bradley J J
Camden & Islington CHS NHS Trust, London, UK.
Med Law. 1998;17(2):225-8.
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is well recognised as a consequence of natural and man-made disasters, accidents and assaults. An increasing number of plaintiffs making claims for compensation alleging medical negligence complain of the symptoms of PTSD. Medical accidents such as anaesthetic awareness and stillbirths may be claimed as stressors and relatives may allege PTSD as a psychological injury following witnessing the death or suffering of a loved one. A series of cases will be presented. Many cases are entirely genuine but increasing media publicity has alerted potential plaintiffs and their legal advisers to the symptoms of PTSD which make evaluation of symptoms difficult for psychiatric experts. Psychometric tests exist to screen PTSD but research has shown that they can be falsified and it would be unwise to rely on such tests.
创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）是自然灾害、人为灾难、事故和袭击的后果，这一点已得到广泛认可。越来越多因医疗疏忽而要求赔偿的原告抱怨患有创伤后应激障碍的症状。诸如麻醉觉醒和死产等医疗事故可能被视为应激源，亲属可能声称在目睹亲人死亡或遭受痛苦后患有创伤后应激障碍这种心理伤害。将展示一系列案例。许多案例是完全真实的，但媒体宣传的增加使潜在原告及其法律顾问注意到了创伤后应激障碍的症状，这给精神病专家评估症状带来了困难。虽然存在心理测试来筛查创伤后应激障碍，但研究表明这些测试可能被伪造，依赖此类测试是不明智的。
