Medical Criteria for Evaluation of Degree of Disability Including Industrial Injury: Neuropsychiatry

Han Yong Jung

doi:10.5124/jkma.2004.47.1.42

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Medical Criteria for Evaluation of Degree of Disability Including Industrial Injury

Journal of the Korean Medical Association

Journal of the Korean Medical Association 2004; 47(1): 42-50.

Published online: January 31, 2004

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2004.47.1.42

Neuropsychiatry

Han Yong Jung, M.D.

Department of Neuropsychiatry, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon Hospital, Korea. hanyjung@schbc.ac.kr

Abstract

There are a series of medical guidelines for the evaluation of disability, such as the Industrial Injury Compensation Security Act, National Compensation Act, Welfare for Disabled Persons Act, McBride evaluation system, and the American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. In this review, advantages and limitations of various medical guidelines are summarized from clinical perspectives of the neuropsychiatric field. The recently proposed guidelines for mental and behavioral disabilities based on the McBride evaluation system are also introduced in this review.

Mental disorders; Disability; Evaluation

References

6. McBride ED. Disability Evaluation 1963;6th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Company.

7. American Medical Association. Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment 2001;5th edition. Chicago: American Medical Association Press.

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