Langham: 'Psychosomatic' Illnesses

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) recently published a piece titled "The Very Real Pain of Imaginary Illness." The headline caught my eye. A great many of the cases that appear in workers' compensation venues around the country involve deciding the extent of disability or impairment. Those decisions are deeply dependent upon the opinions of various medical care providers, diagnostic tests and medical procedures. And a great many of those cases involve someone who is complaining of pain and other symptoms.  The medical process is driven, in large part, by ...