Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword from the NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority
Preface
(Rebecca Guest and Ashley Craig)
Section 1. Medical, Epidemiological and Economic Impacts
Chapter 1. Introduction to Physical Injuries, Recovery and Adversity Following Motor Vehicle Crashes
(James W. Middleton and Ian D. Cameron)
Chapter 2. Epidemiology of Adversity after a Motor Vehicle Crash
(Bamini Gopinath)
Chapter 3. Economic Costs and Financial Adversity
(Luke B. Connelly)
Chapter 4. Return to Work after a Motor Vehicle Crash
(Shannon Gray, Alex Collie and James W. Middleton)
Section 2. Compensation Impacts
Chapter 5. Optimising the Health of People in Road Injury Compensation Processes: What Is the Role of Regulators and Insurers?
(Jason Thompson, Nieke Elbers and Ian D. Cameron)
Chapter 6. Consumer Perspective of Motor Vehicle Crash Compensation
(Ian D. Cameron)
Chapter 7. The Impact of Psychological Distress on Compensation Outcomes
(Rebecca Guest, Yvonne Tran and Ashley Craig)
Section 3. Psychosocial Adversity
Chapter 8. Psychological Distress Associated with Motor Vehicle Crashes: Evidence from Three Meta-Analyses
(Ashley Craig, Rebecca Guest, Yvonne Tran, Bamini Gopinath and Justin Kenardy)
Chapter 9. Whiplash Associated Disorders: Biological, Physical, Psychological and Pain Sensitivity of Motor Vehicle Crashes
(Trudy Rebbeck, Michele Sterling and James Elliott)
Chapter 10. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Motor Vehicle Crash Survivors: Predictors, Consequences and Intervention
(Michelle Heron-Delaney and Justin Kenardy)
Chapter 11. Mental Health Outcomes Associated with Severe Injuries Following Motor Vehicle Crashes
(Ashley Craig, Rebecca Guest, Yvonne Tran and James Middleton)
Section 4. Interventions
Chapter 12. The Evidence for Early Psychological Intervention Following a Motor Vehicle Crash
(Rebecca Guest)
Chapter 13 Efficacy of Brief Psychological Interventions Delivered Early after the Injury
(Rebecca Guest, Yvonne Tran and Ashley Craig)
Chapter 14. Pain Management of Injured Persons Following a Motor Vehicle Crash
(Ashley Craig, Rebecca Guest, Phillip Siddall and James W. Middleton)
Chapter 15. Biomarkers of the Risk of Psychosocial Adversity Following a Motor Vehicle Crash
(Ilaria Pozzato, Bamini Gopinath and Ashley Craig)
Summary and Conclusion
(Ashley Craig, Rebecca Guest and Ian D Cameron)
Index