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| Occupation: | Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist; Professor of Law and Ethics in Psychiatry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Qualifications: | MB,ChB, BSc, MRCPsych, FRCPsych, MD, Barrister (Non-practising)
| Explanation of | Qualifications: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery | Bachelor of Science Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Doctor of Medicine Organisation: | St George's Hospital Medical School | Address: |
Department of Forensic Psychiatry |
Level 0, Room 245 Jenner Wing Cranmer Terrace London SW17 0RE (View Location Map) (View Aerial Photo) Office Telephone: | 020 8725 5567 | Mobile: | 07710 741508 | Fax: | 020 8725 2475 | Email: |
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|  : www.lawandethics.sghms.ac.uk/research.htm |
Article (1): | Inquiry into homicides by psychiatric patients (BMJ, Oct 1996) | Article (2): | Public health psychiatry or crime prevention? (BMJ, Feb 1999) | Article (3): | Needs assessment for mentally disordered offenders (BMJ, Dec 2000) | Google: | Search Google UK | Publications (1) : | Click here | Publications (2) : | Access Medline database | Legal references: |
(none at present) | Areas of Expertise: |
Forensic psychiatry | Witness proofing Assault by police officer Health legal/ethical issues Medical ethics Medical ethics (disciplinary matters) Fitness to work (medical disputes) Medical competence/negligence Medical malpractice Hospital treatment disputes Therapeutic misadventure Psychopathology/psychiatric disorders Anxiety disorders and depression (psychiatry) Trauma sequelae (psychiatry including personal injury) Accident victims (psychiatry) Rape/sexual abuse victims (psychiatry) Assault victims (psychiatry) Crime victims (psychiatry) War veterans (psychiatry) Post-traumatic stress disorder (psychiatry) Bereavement (psychiatry) Psychosomatic disorders/Munchausen Munchausen by proxy Personality disorders/psychoses Violence, self harm and suicide Criminal behaviour Substance and drug abuse/addiction (psychiatry) Alcohol abuse (psychiatry) Stress disorders: psychiatry Psychiatric assessment Offender assessment (psychiatric) Serious offender assessment (psychiatric) Criminal responsibility (psychiatric assessment) Fitness to plead (psychiatric assessment) Sex offenders (psychiatric assessment) Witness assessment/testamentary capacity Trauma assessment (psychiatric) Abnormal behaviour (psychiatric assessment) Mental disorder (psychiatric assessment) Dangerousness/risk assessment (psychiatric) Mental Health Act/reviews Psychiatric care Psychiatric rehabilitation Psychiatry ethics, competence and misadventure Epilepsy and automatism (psychiatry) Child protection/risk assessment Child issues Av. no. of new instructions a year : up to 75 No. of reports written in last 3 years : 150 No. of court appearances in last 3 years : 50 Geographical area of work : All of UK, Europe and USA Membership of other professional associations :- Law Society Mental Health and Disability Sub-Committee Mental Health Law Committee, Royal College of Psychiatrists International Academy of Law and Psychiatry Clinical Disputes Forum Medico-Legal Society Gray's Inn Law Society: |
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