Constructing Rsi

An examination of the Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) phenomenon, this book focuses on the RSI epidemic that afflicted Australia in the 1980s, assessing its effect on industrial relations and the reaction of employers, the medical community, government health organizations and insurance companies.

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Explains how and why medical symptoms collectively known as repetitive strain injury (RSI) or cumulative trauma disorder (CTD) became so widespread during the late 1980s. Author and forensic psychiatrist Dr Yolanda Lucire makes a strong case that RSI and cumulative trauma disrders are neither injuries nor caused by repetitive trauma.