Over recent months forensic psychiatrists and medicolegal psychiatrists have been compelled to undertake assessments using internet-based technology such as Zoom and Skype. Whilst many of us […]
Surveillance has become a common approach utilised in personal injury matters. The extent to which a few short surveillance opportunities should be extrapolated to reflect the […]
Potential Issues of Utilising Surveillance Material in Personal Injury Claims
The education and career prospects of child abuse victims are frequently compromised by factors which include psychiatric injury. Typically, in personal injury matters, the assessing psychiatrist […]
Historical Sexual Assault and Estimating Loss of Earning Capacity
There is increasing awareness of the risks when acting for a client whose competence to instruct could be disputed. The inevitable challenge lies in the expectation […]
Reporting on Fitness to Instruct from a Psychiatric Medicolegal Perspective
The Psychiatric Impairment Rating Scale (PIRS) is used for the assessment of Whole Person Impairment (WPI) in accordance with the State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) Motor […]
Understanding Whole Person Impairment in Psychiatry and How It Is Calculated
