Sentences with phrase «psychological impairments»

A recall of negative parental rear - ing behaviour is associated with a higher degree of psychological impairment both in the self - evaluation of the patient and the assessment of the therapist.

She also specializes in working with adults who grew up with a parent suffering from a serious psychological impairment.

Lawyers worry this means the government could categorize post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety or other long - lasting psychological impairments as «minor» under the law.

Justice Spiegelin in Desbiens held that since (what is now) s. 3 (2)(e) allowed for emotional and behavioural impairments for brain injury, emotional or behavioural impairments arising from psychological impairments under (what is now) s. 3 (2)(f)(the previous subsections were (f) and (g)-RRB- should also be allowed given the similarity of descriptors in AMA Guides tables in Chapter 4.

In Arruda v. Western Assurance Company the insured accident victim suffered from soft tissue injuries and psychological impairments arising from her physical injuries.

The 2005 study, for example, found an association between having experienced tonic immobility and significant psychological impairment.

The Schedule defines «impairment» to include psychological impairments.

In that case, following the EU ratification of the 2009 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Court defined «disability» as «a limitation which results in particular from long - term physical, mental or psychological impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder the full and effective participation of the person concerned in professional life on an equal basis with other workers» (Kaltoft, para 53, citing HK Danmark, para 38).

«It confirms that an accident victim does not have to establish catastrophic impairment on the basis of physical impairments alone, or psychological impairments alone.»

The physical and psychological impairments resulting from a spinal cord injury make this type of case one of the most serious.

Aqua Surf volunteered instructors for the Veterans Affairs Adaptive Surf program, a learn - to - surf camp for men and women with physical and psychological impairments as paralysis, stroke, visual impairment, amputation, Traumatic Brain Injury, PTSD, burns, and other complications.

But even though a mother may know that breastfeeding is best, past abuse, physical trauma, or psychological impairment may affect a mother's ability to initiate or continue breastfeeding.

Holton raises questions concerning the ways in which race, so relentlessly coded to the body, has been culturally constructed as a form of social and psychological impairment.

The Economical Mutal Insurance Co. that psychological impairments should be combined with physical impairments to determine whether a car accident victim has suffered a catastrophic impairment.

The Court of Appeal found the judge at Kusnierz» 2010 trial against his insurance company, Economical, erred when he concluded that Kusnierz» psychological impairments should not be combined with his physical impairments, and that Kusnierz had therefore not sustained a catastrophic impairment.

First, they consider whether the injuries have caused permanent physical, mental, or psychological impairment.

In Ontario, injury victims who suffer serious and permanent injuries can seek to recover damages compensating them for all of their losses, including: pain and suffering, psychological impairment, past and future income loss, future health care, home maintenance costs, loss of car for family members and out of pocket expenses they may have incurred.

For example, considering whole person impairment — the «55 per cent test» — psychological impairments can be converted into percentages and added to physical percentages, says Bent.

... the plain language of the Schedule which would permit combining physical and psychological impairments; the AMA Guides do not prohibit the inclusion of a psychological impairment; the purpose of the Schedule being remedial and consumer protecting to reduce the hardship of automobile accident victims; and the FSCO [Financial Services Commission of Ontario] arbitrators and adjudicators expressed approval of the Desbiens analysis in their decisions.

The Court stated that disability «must be understood as referring to a limitation which results in particular from physical, mental or psychological impairments and which hinders the participation of the person concerned in professional life.»

CLHL strives to educate both attorneys, judges and law students with respect to the recognition and prevention of substance abuse issues, as well as emotional and psychological impairments.

Further, in determining whether the psychological impairment is marked or severe, the Court will look at both physical and psychological injuries.

«A person has to demonstrate and prove medically and to the court's satisfaction that they have suffered very severe physical and psychological impairment — that has to be substantiated and proven.

In that trial Justice Harvey Spiegel found that an accident victim's psychological impairments should be combined with physical impairments when considering whether he or she suffered a «55 per cent whole person impairment» (one of the definitions of catastrophic impairment).

In a much anticipated decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned the findings of Lauwers J. and found that physical and psychological impairments can be combined to determine catastrophic impairment under cl.

He and his team have represented clients with numerous conditions, including head injuries, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, chronic pain disorders, TMJ, RSD, fractures, disc problems, whiplash associated disorders and a range of other physical and psychological impairments.

Art therapy is an effective treatment for individuals with developmental, medical, educational, social, or psychological impairments.