> a culture-bound syndrome in which people who expect whiplash to exist use its symptom profile as a way of expressing their psychological tension. Surely a mo

> a culture-bound syndrome in which people who expect whiplash to exist use its symptom profile as a way of expressing their psychological tension. Surely a more likely explanation is insurance fraud? Plenty of people see being in a car accident as a ticket to a lifetime of disability comp paid by somebody else's soulless insurance company. If you can qualify for disability with some suitable diagnosis like "late whiplash", yet still enjoy a normal quality of life, that's pretty much winning a jackpot.