Disputed Symptoms Without Pathology: Clinical and Legal Insight

By Dr Bruno Silva, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist

Posted 02 February 2026

6 Minute Read

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Tags:

  • Neuropsychiatric
  • psychiatry
  • Pathology
  • Personal Injury Claims Process

Expert Disciplines:

  • Neuropsychiatry

About The Author

Dr Bruno Silva

Dr Bruno Silva

Consultant Neuropsychiatrist

Dr Bruno Silva is a Consultant Neuropsychiatrist and Medico-Legal Expert Witness providing independent opinion in personal injury, clinical negligence, and criminal/forensic claims. He is regularly instructed on matters involving breach of duty, causation, condition, and prognosis, with a balanced claimant and defendant instruction profile. His medico-legal work frequently addresses complex and disputed neuropsychiatric presentations, including cases involving functional symptoms, diagnostic uncertainty, and symptom validity where clear structural pathology is absent.

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