Continuing barriers to timely investment in the rehabilitation of
accident victims with impairments and functional limitations due to
mental and behavioural disorders are seen in:
1. Failure to follow evidence based Guidelines by professionals and insurers;
2. Insurers’ failure to communicate with their insureds and their health professionals;
3. Insurers’ failure to take responsibility for adjudicating files
including: delays in treatment plan reviews; failure to refer proposed
treatment plans to appropriate IEs when such is clearly indicated; and
failure to determine if the IE has correctly applied the SABS test;
4. Inappropriate denial of assessment and treatment of crash victims
with mental disorders, including denial based on the severity of the
physical injury and assertion that the Minor Injury cap applies;
5. Crash victims with serious mental disorders were denied the right in
2010 to have their psychologists confirm catastrophic mental disorders
and this professional responsibility was removed from psychologists. The
group with the greatest expertise in diagnosis of mental disorders and
measurement of function cannot utilize their expertise for those who
require an analysis of catastrophic impairment. No scientific or policy
rationale was ever advanced for limiting this role to physicians. OPA Submission for 3 year review Mar 31 2014 final
Source: http://www.fairassociation.ca/2014/04/ontario-psychological-association-submission-to-fsco-3-year-review-march-2014/
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