Productivity Commission Inquiry –

National Workers’ Compensation and 

Occupational Health & Safety Frameworks

Submission by Joe Gubbay, 
Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist,
Australian Clinical Psychologists (ACP)

4 June 2003

Preamble

This submission is based on my experience as a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist intimately involved in the assessment of workers for psychological or psychiatric injuries, as well as cognitive impairment secondary to brain injury.  In addition, I have conducted research into malingering or feigning of psychological conditions and brain injury.  While assessment work has been the majority of my work in private practice, I also provide treatment for a range of clinical conditions, often resulting from workplace accidents, and I continue to provide assessments to assist in the rehabilitation process.  As a clinical psychologist, I have completed six years full-