Civil Liability Regulations 2013
Part 2Pure mental harm
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Part 2—Pure mental harm
This Part includes references to ratings on the psychiatric impairment scale, Guide to the Evaluation of Psychiatric Impairment for Clinicians (GEPIC).
Extreme psychiatric impairment
An ISV score in the lower part of the range will be appropriate if psychiatric impairment is assessed with a GEPIC rating of Class 5. Serious psychiatric impairment
An ISV under this item will be applicable if psychiatric impairment is assessed with a GEPIC rating of Class 4. Moderate psychiatric impairment
There is generally only moderate impairment.
An ISV score in this range will be appropriate if psychiatric impairment is assessed with a moderate GEPIC rating of Class 3
Minor psychiatric impairment
There is generally only mild impairment.
An ISV near the top of the range will be applicable if psychiatric impairment is assessed with a mild GEPIC rating of Class 2. An ISV near the bottom of the range will be applicable if psychiatric impairment is assessed with a GEPIC rating of Class 1.