Can You Obtain Compensation For Psychological Injuries?

You are entitled to compensation if someone injures you as a result of their own negligence. This applies to physical injuries as well as psychological injuries.

Going over what it means to obtain compensation for a psychological injury and speaking with a California personal injury lawyer will allow you to get what you are entitled to.

What Is A Psychological Injury?

A psychological injury is mental and/or emotional harm that someone suffers as the result of a traumatic event.

Just as an example, if you are in a car accident, and this car accident gives you debilitating PTSD, then you are suffering from a psychological injury.

Outside of the above, psychological injuries can arise from a variety of situations and take many different forms.

Can You Obtain Compensation For A Psychological Injury?

The answer to the question outlined above is “Yes.”

You can obtain compensation for a psychological injury. But doing so can be tricky for two major reasons:

  • A psychological injury can be tough to prove, as it isn’t visible in the same way that most physical injuries are.
  • In most cases, a psychological injury will lead to noneconomic damages; these are damages that arise from intangible losses, as opposed to tangible and economic losses.

If you are in a car accident and develop a psychological injury, then you can obtain compensation, often in the form of non-economic damages, for your emotional harm.

The above applies to a wide variety of other circumstances and situations. Due to the difficulties of obtaining compensation for a psychological injury, it is of the utmost importance that you work with a lawyer to do so.

How Are Psychological Injury Damages Assessed?

To assess and then determine the compensation that should be given for a psychological injury, several different factors are considered. With this in mind, some of these factors are as follows:

  • The emotional distress that the psychological injury has created/continues to create.
  • The overall severity of the psychological injury.
  • The persistence of the psychological injury and its various effects.

Outside of the above, the ways in which this psychological injury affects your ability to live and work in the ways that you used to are also considered.

To assess the distress, severity, and persistence of your psychological injury, medical records and other documentation must be provided.

If you have a psychological injury that is a source of significant distress, very severe, and persistent, then you can obtain significant noneconomic damages from this injury. But, this can only occur if you make an effective case for yourself with the assistance of your lawyer, which almost always involves providing medical evidence.

Other evidence can, and often should, be provided. Such as videos that clarify your symptoms or even reports from those you live with who have witnessed the ways in which your psychological injury has affected your life.

Speak With A Northern California Personal Injury Attorney Today

You can obtain damages for an injury, even if that injury is psychological. Speak with a Northern California personal injury attorney at Maire & Deedon today, and we will help you do so.