Disputed Symptoms Without Pathology: Clinical and Legal Insight
By Dr Bruno Silva, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist
Posted 02 February 2026
6 Minute Read

Tags:
- Neuropsychiatric
- psychiatry
- Pathology
- Personal Injury Claims Process
Expert Disciplines:
- Neuropsychiatry
About The Author

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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