PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ryan C. W. Hall
AU  - Richard C. W. Hall
TI  - Compensation Neurosis: A Too Quickly Forgotten Concept?
DP  - 2012 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 390--398
VI  - 40
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/40/3/390.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/40/3/390.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2012 Sep 01; 40
AB  - There has been great debate concerning the existence and meaning of compensation neurosis. It is included in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 and -10 but not listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR). On the eve of publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), we re-examine the history and concept of compensation neurosis and conceptually update the condition to reflect current psychiatric thought. We consider its utility as a diagnostic entity for forensic evaluations and its components as they relate to exaggeration in injury claims. We also discuss how compensation neurosis differs from malingering and factitious disorder.