Clinical psychology • Consequences of RTA & other trauma • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Depression • Anxiety • Behavioural aspects of cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, respiratory & other physical illness • Psychological therapy for these conditions ...

Medico-legal reports on personal injuries: claimant, defendant or SJE instructions • Prompt reports prepared on soft tissue & minor injuries, including RTA, industrial & psychological trauma in adults, the elderly & children ...

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Psychological effects of personal injury • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) • Adjustment disorder • Phobias • Depression • Anxiety • Work-related stress • Cognitive-behavioural treatment • Trauma • Children & adult assessments • Psychological effects of road traffic accidents

General adult psychiatry with special interest & expertise in perinatal psychiatry & post-traumatic stress disorders, including depression, PTSD & other anxiety disorders • Experienced in providing reports & oral evidence in family proceedings & personal injury cases • Also experienced in employment tribunal cases involving work stress

Clinical psychology • Post-traumatic stress disorder (accident, assault & crime victims) • Occupational stress, bullying at work • Anxiety disorders & depression • Suspected malingering • Interface between physical & psychological health (including chronic pain) • Psychosexual problems • Psychological problems • Psychological analysis of documentary information • Testamentary capacity • Chartered Scientist • HPC Registered Clinical, Forensic & Health Psychologist

Special experience in young adult psychiatry, personality disorder & emerging PD, psychiatric & psychotherapy treatment • Assessment of complex psychological difficulties related to abuse • Special training as Jungian Analyst

Assessment & treatment of psychological trauma resulting from personal injury, mainly RTA, including: • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) • Chronic pain • Somatoform disorders • Acute stress disorder • Anxiety-related disorders (i.e. phobias, panic attacks, travel anxiety) • Depressive disorders • Adjustment disorders • Employment tribunals: psychological assessment of fitness for work • Home visits if required • First contact by e-mail please

Depressive disorders • Anxiety disorders • Alcoholism • Stress in employment • Psychological effects of accidents, including PTSD & assault, including rape • Civil matters relating to access to children • Psychological reaction to negligence

Clinical psychology: diagnoses, causation & treatment of formal psychological & psychiatric conditions such as post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety & pain • Neuropsychology: diagnoses, causation & treatment of a wide range of neurological conditions including injury (such as incurred in the context of MVAs) as they impact upon cognition, function, emotional well being & occupational competence • Aviation psychology ...

Personal injury, assessment of psychological sequelae of road traffic accidents & work accidents • Post-traumatic stress disorder, bereavement, travel anxieties, depression, pain management, adjustment disorders • Interface between physical & psychological health, including rheumatological conditions & chronic pain • Psychological treatment of all above conditions using cognitive behaviour therapy and EMDR • Psychological reactions to medical negligence ...

Depression • Anxiety • Stress management • Psychosexual problems • Relationship problems • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Work-related problems • Psychiatric nursing issues, including forensic psychiatry

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) • Stress symptoms following traumatic events • Road traffic accidents (RTAs) • Driving phobia associated with RTA • Work accidents • Stress-related disorders: anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) • Sexual abuse (adult survivors of childhood)

PTSD, including RTAs • Stress • Depression • Phobias • Paranoia • Family work • Juvenile delinquency • Risk assessments • Generalised anxiety • Anger management • Violence • Sex offending • Criminal behaviour • Personality disorder • Emotional problems • Substance use

Mental health & family • Parenting & the child • Child protection & psychology of the family • Psychological treatment for accident victims • PTSD & treatment • Stress, anxiety, depression - causes & treatment

Psychiatric reports for tribunals, civil & criminal courts • Assessment & diagnosis of mood & anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder, personality disorders & organic mental disorders due to acquired brain injury • Assessment of mentally disordered offenders, including risk assessment • Fitness to plead & stand trial • Fitness to be interviewed • Insanity & diminished responsibility • Mental disorders secondary to acquired brain injury • Section 12(2) Approved

Neuropsychological assessments • Parenting assessments • Assessment of cognitive & intellectual abilities • Sexual abuse & risk assessments • Mental health & mental capacity assessments • Disability assessments • Drug use & addiction • Occupational stress & depression • Offender assessment & fitness to plead • Performance & fitness to work assessments • Equality, diversity & human rights • Recruitment & selection • Children Act • Employment Tribunals • Unfair dismissal • Expertise working with black & minority ethnic communities ...

• Psychological assessment of adults & adolescents • Assessment of severe PTSD & other related conditions, such as dissociative, anxiety & adjustment disorders • Assessment & therapy for the sequelae of traumatic events, including: RTAs, torture, interpersonal violence, rape & sexual assault • Assessment of UK military veterans • Immigration & asylum cases • Transcultural assessment & assessment of individuals using an interpreter •HPC registered ...

Personal injury • Psychiatric consequences of road traffic accidents • Psychiatric consequences of work-related accidents • Work-related stress • Psychiatric aspects of stress • Psychiatric aspects of assault • Depression • Bipolar disorder • Anxiety • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Schizophrenia • Adult psychiatry • Liaison psychiatry • Perinatal psychiatry • Psychiatric disorders of pregnancy • Postnatal psychiatric disorders • Postnatal depression • Safeguarding children • Psychiatric aspects of childcare proceedings ...

Psychological sequelae following personal injury • Post-traumatic stress disorder, assessment & treatment • Phobias, depression & anxiety, assessments & treatment

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) • Personal injury • Employment assessments • Compensation • General adult psychiatry • Depression • Adjustment disorders • Anxiety disorders • Stress at work • Child protection (adult assessments) ...

Assessment of neuropsychological functioning for medico-legal or rehabilitation purposes following head injury post-concussion states or other neurological event • Assessment & treatment of mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders & post-traumatic stress disorder • Assessment & treatment of chronic health problems, including chronic pain

Over 30 years' experience in general psychiatry & psychological therapies • Active in clinical practice • Trained in all aspects of medico-legal work • Entered on APIL & AvMA approved lists • Good working relationships with local firms • Home visits undertaken • Reports prepared at short notice • Personal injury • Trauma sequelae • Stress & anxiety • Eating disorders • Assessment of mental disorder & fitness to plead • Psychiatric care & competence • Parenting assessment • Families & mental illness • Matrimonial disputes • ...

Psychiatric disorders • Post-traumatic stress & other related disorders • Depressive disorders • Anxiety disorders • Psychotic disorders • Alcohol & drug misuse • Personal injury assessments • Risk assessment • Child care parent assessments • Disability Discrimination Act assessments • Medical negligence • Consultant Psychiatrist & Medical Director at Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust & Senior Lecturer at Southampton University • Visiting Professor, Bournemouth University

Post-traumatic stress disorder • Depressive disorders • Drugs in psychiatry, such as antidepressants & antipsychotics • Medical examinations (professional) • Medical negligence • Schizophrenia ...

Personal injury, e.g. road traffic accidents & medical accidents • Post-traumatic stress, phobic & anxiety reactions & depression • Stress at work

Clinical psychology • Psychological trauma • Assessment sequelae • Industrial accidents • Medical complications • Accident victims • Crime victims • War veterans • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Psychological assessment & diagnosis of mental disorders using DSM-IV & ICD-10 criteria • Cognitive behavioural therapy • Psychological effects of occupational stress • Physical disability • Stressful medical procedures • Adjustment disorders • Depression • Anxiety

Psychological injury • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) • Emotional & psychological trauma following road traffic accidents • Panic disorder • Depression • Neuropsychology • Head injuries • Post-concussional symptoms • Dementia • Nursing & residential care • Educational assessments (adults) • Mental competence • Second opinions

I am accepting instructions in all medico-legal areas of general psychiatry & neuropsychiatry including learning disabilities, pain & alcohol disorders, with particular interest in family & criminal proceedings, but also in the areas of stress, trauma & occupational work-related adversities. Email contact preferable. Any necessary postal correspondence to be sent to 9 Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4BT

Most psychiatric presentations, e.g. depression, PTSD, anxiety, drugs & alcohol • Special expertise in substance misuse • Personal injury, criminal, family & employment cases seen often • All cases considered • Potential to turn around reports in 7 days • CV available on website

I am accepting instructions in all medico-legal areas of general psychiatry & neuropsychiatry including learning disabilities, pain & alcohol disorders, with particular interest in family & criminal proceedings, but also in the areas of stress, trauma & occupational work-related adversities. Email contact preferable. Any necessary postal correspondence to be sent to 9 Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4BT

I am accepting instructions in all medico-legal areas of general psychiatry & neuropsychiatry including learning disabilities, pain & alcohol disorders, with particular interest in family & criminal proceedings, but also in the areas of stress, trauma & occupational work-related adversities. Email contact preferable. Any necessary postal correspondence to be sent to 9 Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4BT

Forensic psychiatry: reports, assessments for courts & solicitors • Mental Health Act: independent assessment for tribunals • Compensation claims: assessment of psychiatric sequelae such as post-traumatic stress, depressions, anxiety & other psychiatric disorders

The medico-legal aspects of psychiatric disorders in adults, including the psychological consequences of trauma, in particular following road traffic or industrial accidents • Assessment, diagnosis, treatment options, prognosis & aetiology of all psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety & post-traumatic stress disorder • Forensic psychiatry, including work-related stress, fitness to plead, sexual offences & psychological consequences of clinical negligence

General psychiatry • Liaison psychiatry • Post-traumatic neurosis • Industrial accidents • Industrial poisoning • Fibromyalgia • Head injuries • Eating disorders • Anorexia nervosa • Bulimia nervosa • Testamentary capacity • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Somatoform disorders • Hysteria

Psychiatric & psychological consequences of road traffic accidents • Assault victims • Crime victims • Post-traumatic stress disorder due to any cause • Psychiatric assessment of criminal responsibility • Fitness to plead • Fitness to be interviewed in custody • Pre-sentence reports • Mental disorder as defence • Healthcare & medical negligence, mental health • Mental Health Act 1983, independent reports for tribunals, disciplinary committees & trade unions • Assessment of anxiety disorders • Depression • Alcoholism ...

Clinical psychology aspects of: • Industrial accidents • Road traffic accidents • Pain management • Physical & medical rehabilitation • Head injury rehabilitation • Occupational stress • Nervous disorders • General medicine • Medical negligence • Learning difficulties • Criminal responsibility • Psychometric testing of: • Intelligence • Brain damage • Memory & concentration • Personality • Criminal defence: • Relevant to all above & sexual offences • Specialist cognitive behaviour therapy treatment • Specialist interests: • Severe ...

Mental illness • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Child care • Testamentary capacity • Court of Protection • Forensic psychiatry • Mental Health Act • Psychotherapy • Road traffic accidents • Mental Health Review Tribunals

General psychiatric problems (adult ages 16-65) • PTSD • Several years' experience in dealing with patients traumatised following road traffic accidents • Medical negligence (psychological effects of)

Psychological reactions to trauma, i.e. major trauma, RTAs, & medical conditions • Phobic anxiety following RTA • Psychological response to physical injury • Post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychological effects of road traffic accidents & other trauma • Assessment of: • Phobic travel anxiety & other emotional difficulties • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Stress at work ...

Assessment of emotional state following accident, assault or medical malpractice, e.g. post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders, depression • Also overall impact of accident or assault on quality of life, e.g. impact on employment, social & leisure activity, relationships • Neuropsychological assessment & psychometric testing • Assessing the impact of accident, assault, poisoning or disease process on intellectual level, memory functioning, language, perception, personality & behaviour, ...

Personal injury • Medical negligence • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Schizophrenia • Suicide • Depression • Bipolar disorder • Phobias • Dysmorphophobia • Body image disorders • Body dysmorphic disorder ...

Forensic psychology, including assessment of sex offenders, assessment of suggestibility & disputed confessions • Psychological aspects of personal injury (including head injury) • Neuropsychological assessments • Intelligence & personality assessment (adults only) • Psychological aspects of drug & alcohol dependence • Assessment of parents in child care cases • Doesn't normally examine individuals under 16 years unless there are serious criminal charges • Risk assessments (violence, sex offenders)

Experience in psychological assessments & medico-legal reports examining the psychological impact of personal injury • Specialist assessment of PTSD, depression, anxiety disorders, phobic disorders (such as travel anxiety) & adjustment disorders • Assessment following road traffic accidents, injury at work or personal attack ...

Psychiatric disorders • Anxiety disorders & depression • Trauma sequelae • Accident victims • Rape & sexual abuse • Assault victims • War veterans • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Bereavement • Torture victims • Personality disorders • Violence, self-harm & suicide • Psychoses • Criminal behaviour • Stress disorders • Psychiatric assessment • Offender assessment • Psychiatric care • Psychopathology • Personal injury • Schizophrenia • Mentally disordered offenders • Mental health • Occupational psychiatry

Consultant & Senior Lecturer in liaison & general psychiatry at South London & Maudsley NHS Trust, London • Trained in neuropathology in Glasgow • Psychiatric training (Bethlem Royal & Maudsley Hospitals, London) in forensic psychiatry, drug abuse & psychotherapy • Specialist training in neuropsychiatry (National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London), especially of epilepsy, head injury & conversion disorders • PTSD, personal injury, occupational psychiatry, stress, workplace bullying, racial ...

All aspects of general adult psychiatry, including forensic, alcohol dependence, drug addiction • Mental Health Act appeals • Psychiatric sequelae of injuries • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Stress-related psychiatric disorders

General adult psychiatry • Medical negligence • Sequelae of trauma • Road traffic accident victims • Industrial accident victims • Assault victims • Crime victims • War veterans • Post-traumatic stress disorders • Occupational stress disorders • Alcohol abuse

I am a general adult psychiatrist with a special interest in brain injury rehabilitation & experience of forensic work • My work as an expert witness is in the field of the psychiatric effects of personal injury, e.g. brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, & also in relation to clinical negligence & the assessment of capacity

My main areas of expertise are: • Post-traumatic stress disorders • Psychiatric aspects of PTSD • Psychiatric aspects of stress • Adult psychiatry • Assessment of asylum seekers • Psychiatric aspects of dementia • Psychiatric aspects of depression • Psychiatric aspects of fitness to plead • Psychiatric aspects of medical negligence • Psychiatric aspects of pain • Psychiatric disorders • Psychiatric aspects of occupational stress • Medical negligence in psychiatry • Accident psychiatry • Healthcare rehabilitation services • ...

Independent evaluation of psychological & psychiatric problems, including criminal cases • Reviews of Mental Health Act detentions • Family law an area of particular expertise

Claims for post-traumatic stress following injury, war, industrial accidents, road traffic accidents, negligence, etc. • Pension assessment disputes for teachers & police • Assessment of testamentary capacity, psychiatric competence • Court of protection & Mental Health Act work • Adjudication of will disputes • Special expertise in psychiatric problems in old age • Adjudication of complaints regarding medical negligence • Forces • Public services pension adjudication

Psychological factors following accident, assault & injury with a view to establishing whether post-traumatic stress disorder or other psychological disorder may be present • Would include psychological effects of stress in the workplace, psychological effects of negligence (medical, employers, etc.) & also assessment of an individual's capacity to re-engage in work, activity, etc., following trauma or injury • I specialise with adults & would not consult in cases where children have been traumatised

I am Founder & Director of The Red Poppy Company that specialises in psychological trauma & PTSD. My experience of trauma spans 30 years. I have worked in the corporate & public sectors assessing & treating individuals, including children who have sustained psychological trauma injury & PTSD from a variety of causes. ...

General psychiatry • Liaison psychiatry, i.e. psychiatry in the medically ill • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Occupational stress • Medical negligence • Stress, etc. • Also consulting at Bristol, Bath, Exeter, Torquay & Truro

Risk assessment (abuse, sexual abuse) in child care cases • Parenting assessment • Assessment of children & adults for Family Court • All psychological assessment includes extensive psychometric testing • Assessment of post-traumatic stress disorder in civil & criminal cases • Jointly instructed in 80% of cases • Experience giving oral evidence in civil, criminal & family courts • Thorough reports, assessing malingering & quick turn-around are specialities

Psychological assessment in cases of: • Psychological trauma • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Phobic reactions, e.g. following RTAs, accidents at work, assault, bereavement & cases of medical negligence • Personal injury: psychological assessment of post-traumatic stress following accidents, bereavement, etc., including medical negligence • Forensic: psychological assessment of offenders

Personal injury • Employment rehabilitation • Acquired disability • Psychological injury • Psychological effects of accidents (road traffic, medical & workplace) • Trauma & PTSD • Work-related stress: employer liability, duty of care • Therapeutic needs (personal injury) • IQ & capacity to instruct or stand trial • Memory & suggestibility • Fitness to plead • Psychological therapy • Human Givens psychotherapy • Emotional freedom technique

Neuropsychological assessments post RTAs • Post-traumatic stress disorder post RTAs: diagnosis • Asylum appeals & assessments • Fitness to plead in criminal cases • Competency in legacy disputes (wills)

General adult psychiatry • Occupational psychiatry • Medical negligence in psychiatric practice • Occupational burnout • Psychiatric aspects of road traffic accidents • Post-traumatic stress disorders • Capacity assessments • Child care proceedings • Dr Fagin is Consultant Psychiatrist & Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London, the Anna Freud Centre, Hackney Social Services, the Mental Health Commission & Lord Chancellor's Medical Visitor

General medical practice • Soft tissue whiplash • Lower back injury • Minor fractures • Post-traumatic stress

Personal injury • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Attachment & care proceedings • Access & custody issues • Parenting & family assessment • Assessment of juvenile offenders • Criminal responsibility • Fitness to plead • Risk assessments • Mental disorder: psychiatric assessment of children & adolescents up to the age of 20 • Medical negligence: children & adolescents up to the age of 20

1. Clinical neuropsychology • Assessment & diagnoses of brain functioning following head injury, post-concussive state, dementia & other neurological disorders 2. Psychometric testing (learning disability, general adult & older adult populations), including: assessment of intelligence (IQ), memory testing & other cognitive functioning 3. Neurorehabilitation following brain injury & other neurological conditions 4. Psychiatric diagnoses, in particular ...

Expert assessment & therapy services for survivors of traumatic experiences, including PTSD • Consultancy & supervision in respect of the above, especially for early intervention services seeking to prevent longer term complications • Extensive experience of work with emergency services • Psychotherapy • Special interest in prevention, evaluation & treatment of trauma reactions evoked in maritime settings, shipping, diving, offshore, fishing, ports, etc. • Anxiety • Depression • OCD • Sexual dysfunction

I have been preparing & have extensive experience in preparing medico-legal reports for the CPS, solicitors, the probation service & tribunals. My areas of expertise include: • Criminal cases (murder, manslaughter, GBH, arson, sexual offending, theft, shoplifting, burglary, drug possession, harassment, criminal damage, ABH, assault) • Assessment of risk & dangerousness • Diagnosis clarification • Fitness to plead • PTSD • Trauma sequelae • Addiction & compulsions • Trauma assessment • Accident victims • Criminal ...

Mental capacity • Post traumatic stress (PTSD) reactions (e.g. road traffic accidents, assault, industrial accidents, disasters) • Personal injury (e.g. brain injury, physical disfigurement) • Fitness to work & occupational stress • Abuse (sexual, emotional, neglect, physical) • Family law (e.g. parenting assessments, domestic violence, neglect, abuse) • Clinical negligence • Psychological effects of physical illness & chronic pain • Assessment of intellectual functioning • Psychometric testing (e.g. anxiety, ...

Psychological assessment • Behavioural psychology • Counselling, assessment & testing • Cognitive skills • Clinical & forensic psychology • Depression • Bereavement • Dyslexia • ADD/ADHD testing • Forensic testing • IQ & EQ mental status • Occupational post-traumatic stress • Trauma • Abuse • Road traffic • Children, adults, couples & families • Personality inventory testing & assessment

Assessment of adults: criminal & civil proceedings, & personal injury cases • Criminal work includes: • Risk assessment • Risk of recidivism (sexual & violent offences) • Parole board reports • Pre-sentencing reports • Assessment of intellectual & cognitive functioning or capacity • Assessment of mental health problems, e.g. depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, phobias • Personal injury work includes: • Assessment of the psychological sequelae of traumatic events • Occupational stress

Personal injury • Post-traumatic stress • Adjustment disorders • Medical negligence • Family cases • Fitness for work • Body image

Family work • Disability • Psychometric testing • Autistic spectrum disorder - diagnostic assessment • Personality • Asperger's disorder - diagnostic assessment • ADHD • Neuropsychological assessments - brain injury • RTAs, ADHD & PTSD • Criminal law • Immigration • Personal injury • Capacity • Negligence • All the above with adolescents, adults & older adults

Psychological sequelae of traumatic events - assessment, provision of reports & also treatment • PTSD - assessment, provision of reports & also treatment • Asylum seekers - assessment, provision of reports & also treatment • Adverse effects of hypnosis

I am a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon with an active interest in neonatal surgery, paediatric oncology, paediatric gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopy and trauma. I have a Doctorate of Medicine degree for my work in gastrointestinal surgery. I am a fellow and examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons in England. I am an instructor for the Advanced Trauma Life Support Course and regularly lecture to War Surgeons of UK. I have more than 25 international publications in peer-reviewed indexed ...

General medical practice • Soft tissue injuries • Whiplash • Lower back injuries • Minor fractures • Post-traumatic stress

Assessment of children, adolescents & parents for public & private law proceedings • Attachment • PTSD • Alcohol & substance misuse • Learning disability • Parenting assessments • Capacity assessments • Domestic violence • Self-harm • Cognitive functioning • Child & adolescent offending behaviour • Working with families of African, Caribbean heritage & other ethnic minority backgrounds, including refugees & asylum seeking families • Assessment of risk • Personality disorder • Adaptive functioning

Psychiatry, general adult • Stress & psychiatric disorder • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) • Depression • Phobia • Asperger syndrome • Anxiety • Bereavement • Psychiatric sequelae of accidents, injury, stress, trauma, road traffic accidents • Psychiatric aspects of emotional abuse • Fitness to be interviewed • Fitness to plead • Fitness to litigate • Psychological sequelae of road traffic accidents & trauma • Surveys, questionnaires • Autism spectrum disorder

Works as Consultant Psychiatrist with Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust • Providing reports for over 20 years

Psychiatry, including: • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Personal injury • Psychosis • Addictions • Psychiatric assessment • Criminal responsibility • Fitness to plead • Witness assessment • Mental disorders • Dangerousness • Mental Health Act reviews

Adult psychiatry

General adult psychiatry • Psychosexual disorders • Psychological effects of obstetric & surgical trauma • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Psychiatric aspects of bereavement • Injury-related psychiatric sequelae

Psychiatric assessment of trauma victims • Criminal cases, including: • Homicide & sexual offences

My waiting list is normally 3-4 weeks, but I can see clients urgently if required. I have long held major regional and national roles in the BMA and Royal College of Psychiatrists. I have provided thousands of reports to very many solicitors. I am experienced in personal injury, employment issues and clinical negligence. I am scrupulously independent.

Dr Bird is a Consultant Psychiatrist who trained with the Inns of Court Law School and is accredited as an expert witness with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He has provided expert opinion in over 300 cases, about 60% being commissioned by plaintiffs and 40% by defendants. He has higher qualifications in internal medicine as well as psychiatry, and for 3 years was a Visiting Professor in the USA. As a specialist in Liaison Psychiatry working closely with physicians and surgeons, he has ...

Adult psychiatric reports for family law proceedings only, including both public law (child care proceedings) & private law matters • Assessment of mental incapacity

Psychiatric aspects of personal injury & medical negligence

Psychological trauma secondary to accident or work-related stress • Criminal cases with associated psychiatric illness • Mental Health Act work • Medical malpractice • Cases of competence in elderly individuals • Parent assessment for care proceedings

All adult general psychiatry 16-65 age group • Subspeciality: post-partum psychiatric disorders • Bonding difficulties • Adult psychiatric assessments of mothers in care proceedings with social services • Personal injury • Injury, somatization, road traffic accidents, PTSD, psychiatric negligence • Some forensic experience (not homicide)

I work alongside Dr Ray Roth PhD MSc BA(Hons)Psychol SROT, Clinical Specialist Practitioner, and Maria Farrar RN(LD) BSc(Hons) DipCCEd FTh(Int), Specialist Mental Health Practitioner, as a multidisciplinary team in the medico-legal arena. We write independent expert psychiatric reports on children & give evidence in court as appropriate. Fields of expertise cover both criminal & civil cases, the latter mostly around Children Act legislation & complex child care, placement & abuse issues, with ...

Any form of mental illness • Personality disorders • Alcohol misuse problems • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Capacity & competence • Medical litigation • Personal injury, psychological sequelae

Children & adolescents: • Mental health • Psychological trauma • Sexual abuse • Victims & perpetrators • Refugees • Parenting • Child care • Access & custody • Fitness to plead • Mental health tribunals • Asylum applications • I only undertake work with children & adolescents

Mental illness in adults • NB Dr Sireling does not undertake forensic (criminal) cases

Psychiatry & psychiatric disorders • Elderly/old age psychiatry • Offender assessment • Psychiatric assessment • Testamentary capacity • Dangerousness & risk assessment • Mental Health Act & reviews

Psychiatric/psychological consequences of road traffic accidents • Abuse or neglect of babies postpartum • Damages following untoward incidents in the Health Service, e.g. needlestick injuries • Psychiatric damages following surgical interventions & failed anaesthesia

Family law • Well-known expert dealing with difficult family cases: private law (contact & residence) & public law (care & carers) • Author of Child Abuse, Psychology & the Law (1997) • Author of Psychotherapists as Expert Witnesses; families at breaking point (2005) • Author of articles in Family Law (September 2001, November 2002, May 2006, May 2010) ...

Psychiatric disorders in adult offenders • Special interest in mentally disordered women • EMDR therapy for borderline personality disorder, learning disability & self-injury • Simple & complex post-traumatic stress disorder

Registered with the GMC as a Specialist in Forensic Psychiatry • Member of Royal College of Psychiatrists • Fellow of Royal College of Psychiatrists • Member of Society of Expert Witnesses & Expert Witness Institute • Holder of LLM in Mental Health Law from the University of Northumbria & Master of Medical Science (MMedSci) in Clinical Psychiatry from the University of Leeds ...

Extensive experience of appearing at court & tribunals • Also instructed as a joint expert witness & assessor for insurance companies • Fields of expertise include: • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Personal injury • Psychosis • Addictive behaviour • Criminal responsibility • Fitness to plead • Witness assessment • Mental disorder • Dangerousness • Road traffic offences • Drink-drive offences • Mental Health Act reviews • Regularly instructed in civil & criminal cases

Psychiatric reports • Special interest in UK immigration cases • Fluent Arabic & knowledge of Arabic-speaking countries • Ability to consider subject's condition in context of country conditions • Prepared to undertake investigation as to underlying causes of trauma & matters relating to need for report • Assessment of mental capacity • Fitness to plead • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Negligence in mental health

Civil & criminal court reports • Expert witness trained • General adult & forensic psychiatry • Post-traumatic stress disorder & psychiatric aspects of personal injury • Occupational stress • Medical negligence • Parental assessments in child care cases • Electroconvulsive therapy

Approved under Section (12)2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 • Specialist interest in all aspects of law & medical ethics • Qualified barrister • As an Expert Witness I have considerable experience in preparing psychiatric reports for criminal & civil matters addressing a range of issues, including: • Fitness to plead & stand trial • Capacity to form intent & recklessness • Psychiatric defences as relevant to criminal matters • Defences in murder cases, including diminished responsibility & provocation • ...

General psychiatry • Eating disorders • Mental health & deafness • Medico-legal issues in psychiatric cases • Preparation of psychiatric reports in civil & criminal cases

Child, adolescent & family psychiatry • Assessment of child disturbance & family relationships • ADHD & autistic spectrum disorders • Evaluating abusive families • Evaluating parenting potential • Advising about treatment & other facilities available, etc. • Evaluation of children & their families where there may have been sexual abuse • Effect of bereavement on children • Evaluation of children & their families regarding contact & residence • Evaluation of psychological damage in accident & negligence claims

Disorganised children • Children & adolescents with neuro-developmental processing problems • Children & adolescents who are not fulfilling their potential • Child & adolescent mental health • Family problems & family mediation • Child development • Children & adolescents with educational problems • Care proceedings • Medico-legal report writing • Mediation with schools • Medico-legal mediation

General adult psychiatry • All kinds of mental disorder • Experienced in psychopharmacology • Drugs used in the treatment of mental disorder • Mood disorders • Manic depressive illness • Bipolar mood disorder & depression • Somali mental health • Psychosocial effects of Khat use ...

15 years' experience in psychiatry • Postgraduate training & experience acquired in the UK & Ireland • Extensive medico-legal work experience • 1. Provision of psychiatric reports for firms of solicitors: assessment of psychological consequence of personal injury; independent opinion on psychiatric assessment - diagnosis & recommendations • 2. Provision of psychiatric reports to the courts, Department of Social Services & children & family • 3. Psychiatric reports for hospital managers & Mental ...

A Consultant Psychiatrist in general adult psychiatry • A special interest in drugs & alcohol misuse & dual diagnosis of mental health & addiction problems • Have trained & worked in psychiatric institutions & settings since 1993 • Competent & experienced in dealing with all matters involving adult mental health & substance misuse including: mentally disordered offenders, addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder, fitness to drive • I deal with both criminal & civil cases

I provide psychiatric reports in criminal & civil matters, as well as serve as an expert witness • I have a special interest in transcultural psychiatry (including Refugee Mental Health), PTSD (including road traffic accidents) as well as in criminal matters (7 years' experience from Criminal Justice Mental Health Team) • I am able to perform consultations in English, Swedish & German • I have more than 20 years' experience in a senior position (including management) & I feel confident within most ...

Having trained in forensic psychiatry, general adult psychiatry & rehabilitation psychiatry, I presently work as a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist. I regularly act as an expert witness in criminal cases. I have expertise in the following areas: • Fitness to plead • Capacity to form intent • Diminished responsibility • Insanity • Provocation • Psychological effects of long-term violence ('battered woman's syndrome') • Disposals under the Mental Health Act & dangerousness assessments. I also have experience in ...

Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital since 1992, with teaching, research & administrative responsibilities • Experienced in preparing reports for court as a single joint expert • Instructed by CAFCASS/guardian in child care cases • Complex reports including contact & the effects of abuse • Has acted in cases of medical negligence & is experienced in issues relating to PI claims, e.g. diagnosis & treatment of PTSD

General adult psychiatry • Psychiatry of learning disabilities • Learning disabilities with forensic history • Establishment of mental health illness • Diagnosis & treatment of mental disorders • Providing psychiatric reports for detained persons in police custody

Liaison psychiatry • Eating disorders • Head injury • PTSD & related disorders • Medical negligence • General psychiatry • Employment issues • Psychiatric occupational health

Children & families (local authority child protection & private law) • Mental capacity & competence • Personal injury victims • Criminal justice (including fitness to plead, interview & appear) • Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority • Mental Health Act (including guardianship) • Employment & occupational health (incapacity, Disability Discrimination Act, stress) • Immigration & asylum • Housing (vulnerability) ...

Criminal, Parole Board, Prison & Civil (especially capacity & civil behaviour orders) • Fitness to plead • Fitness to be interviewed • Effective participation in legal proceedings • Insanity • Diminished responsibility • Provocation & loss of control • Duress • Risk assessment & dangerousness • Disposal • Mitigation • Prognosis • Effect of imprisonment on mental health • Parole recommendations • Civil capacity issues • Violent offences • Sexual offences • Arson • Drugs offences • Committed to providing a speedy response to enquiries & ...

Personal injury • Medical negligence • Family courts proceedings • Criminal & forensic reports • PTSD • Occupational health • Adult ADHD • Drugs & alcohol • Sexual abuse • Personality disorders • Mood disorders & psychoses • I have admitting privileges at the Priory Hospital, Preston • I am the Lead Consultant for the Priory Day Care Services

Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust) & Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer (University of Oxford) • Mental health problems of all kinds in older people • Capacity & incapacity (including current & retrospective testamentary capacity, & LPA & COP3 certificates) • Deprivation of liberty • Mental Health Act work • Psychopharmacology • Dementia, depression, psychosis & anxiety disorders • Negligence • Training provider •

General psychiatry • Forensic psychiatry • Specialist in working with women with mental illness or personality disorders

Psychiatric issues in adults as they pertain to civil, criminal & employment legal cases. This includes issues relating to the psychiatric effects of trauma, accidents & injury facilitating the determination of quantum. Where required, critically reviewing other psychiatric opinions. Providing opinion on the relation of psychiatric disorder to behaviour, including that of a criminal nature. Providing expert opinion on psychiatric illness & employment law matters such as disability.

General adult psychiatry • Liaison psychiatry • Psychiatric injury • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Somatoform disorder • Immigration & asylum matters • Employment & disability

Neuropsychological assessment, psychological sequelae & quantum of brain injury • Special needs reports in catastrophic injury, especially brain injury • Psychological assessment in post-traumatic stress disorder • Psychological assessment of persistent pain & other psychological reactions to trauma, including anxiety & depressive disorders

Fully qualified in clinical (health) psychology, with over 30 years' experience in the National Health Service • Special expertise in family & child issues, with particular experience of complex care proceedings • General adult psychology, including intellectual assessment • Psychological aspects of personal injury resulting from traumas, including post-traumatic stress & brain damage sequelae in both adults & children

Preparation of psychological reports on all types of personal injury claim: • Road traffic accidents • Industrial accidents • Criminal injury • Provision of treatment of psychological problems: • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Travel anxiety & phobia • Effects of personal injury • Clinics also in Birmingham & Exeter • All enquiries to Wolverhampton

Clinical psychology • Personal injury • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Assessment of psychological disorders • Assessment of levels of pain • Assessment of intellectual function • Suggestibility • Neuropsychological assessment • Assessment of personality disorders

As a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, I lead a team of psychologists & psychotherapists who provide specialist assessment & expert witness work within their own area of expertise. We provide assessment & therapeutic intervention with a wide variety of cases nationwide. ...

Stress & health • Workplace stress • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Practising Chartered Counselling Psychologist

Consultant in Clinical Neuropsychology • Effects of traumatic head injury & road traffic accidents • Medical negligence • Criminal proceedings • Educational negligence • Specific learning difficulties (dyslexia, etc.) • Educational provision & placement issues • 1996 Education Act appeals & tribunal work ...

Provision of specialist assessment & expert reports • Psychological trauma arising from: • Road traffic accidents • Industrial accidents • Assault, racial harassment & /or violence • Occupational stress, injury & disability

Assessments of intellectual functioning, suggestibility, compliance & personality • Adult & adolescent psychological problems • Stress, health & job performance • Psychometric testing • Equal opportunities • Recruitment & selection assessment • Specialist training in assessment of reliability of witness statements & post-traumatic stress disorder

Neuropsychology • Clinical psychology • Memory impairment • Executive impairment • Intellectual impairment • Cognitive impairment • Perceptual impairment • Language impairment • Behavioural difficulties • Depression • Anxiety & other psychological difficulties following head or brain injury or psychiatric disease

Psychological assessment, diagnosis of adults • Mental health status • Psychological trauma, PTSD • Occupational stress • Stress • Parenting capacity • Forensic issues, contributory, mitigating psychological factors • General psychological functioning, profile • Psychological therapies • Also at Cardiff Psychology Consultancy Services

Preparation of psychological assessments for use in asylum & appeal claims • Assessment of learning disability (mental handicap) & cognitive incapacity in civil employment & criminal cases • Assessment of suggestibility & compliance in criminal cases • Assessment of post-traumatic stress, depression & general psychological health issues in civil employment & compensation claims • Assessment of psychological motives for arson fire-setting • Assessment of false confessions • Clinical service development & ...

I provide psychological & psychometric assessment of IQ & cognitive functioning, personality functioning, mental health & personality disorders in people with mild to moderate learning disability. I am able to assess & consider aspects such as suggestibility, compliance, fitness to plead & stand trial, in respect of the areas set out above. The majority of my instructions are conducted in criminal matters & I have given evidence at all levels up to the high court

Neuropsychology • Psychological testing • Psychometry • ABI assessment & treatment • Cognitive functioning • Assessment of capacity to learn & change in family law context • Trauma assessment • Personal injury (psychological) • Trauma sequelae • Accident victims • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Psychological assessment of abnormal behaviour, mental disorder, dangerousness & risk • Personality disorders • Psychological counselling & therapies • Psychotherapy • Anxiety disorders • Depressive disorders • Relationships • Pain • ...

Risk assessment in civil/family & criminal cases, including: • Risk of violence (domestic & towards children) • Sex offender risk assessment • Anger control • Recidivism risk • Criminal responsibility • Personality disorder in forensic settings • Assessment of parents in all aspects of child protection • Family assessments • Cognitive ability • Suggestibility & compliance in people with learning disability • Assessment of suggestibility in police interviews • Anxiety, depression, phobias & other psychological problems • ...

Psychological assessments of children & families in care proceedings • Private law • Criminal law • Sexual, physical or emotional abuse in children • Trauma in children • Adoption disputes • Custody disputes • Attachment issues in children

Based in Cambridgeshire and offering nationwide coverage, Psychological Services UK offers an independent forensic psychology service to assist in prison law cases. Receiving regular instructions from both the Prison Service and prison law firms, our team of Forensic Psychologists provides an extensive range of psychological risk and need assessments with comprehensive reports produced for clients within required timeframes. We pride ourselves on delivering a comprehensive yet competitive ...

Criminal & family assessments • Young, adolescent & adult criminal assessments • Offender assessment of risk & dangerousness • Offenders with learning disabilities • Experience of young offenders & young adults with learning disabilities • Able to engage juries when giving evidence • Parenting assessments • Parenting: contact, access, change & risk • Parenting & risk • Parenting assessment & learning disabilities

Child & adult assessments (educational, paediatric neuro-psychology & occupational/work issues) • Assessments undertaken for care proceedings, cognitive & intellectual ability, social adaptive functioning, family functioning • Parenting assessments • Family & child issues • Learning difficulties - children & adults (school & workplace) • Stress & anxiety • Disability discrimination & reasonable adjustments • Assessments & rehabilitation of children following neurological trauma • Full member of the Expert ...

• Independent practice of 90 registered psychologists • A nationwide practice with over 90 clinical, counselling and forensic psychologists working in the contexts of civil, criminal and child and family law. Founded in 2000 by Dr Sue Candy, the practice places psychologists with extensive experience in a vast array of specialisms, including: ...

Assessment of children & adults for child care proceedings, contact disputes & child protection issues • Cognitive assessments • Learning disabilities & mental capacity • Personality disorders & mental health • Parenting ability affected by alcohol & drug abuse, domestic violence, abuse of children: emotional, sexual & /or physical • Advising on therapeutic & remedial programmes • Special interest in: • Gypsy & travelling families ...

Susan van Scoyoc has 30 years of experience as a psychologist and is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Foundation Member and Senior Practitioner of the BPS Register for Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy, holds a European Certificate of Specialist Expertise in Psychotherapy, and is a Chartered Scientist. Susan is former registrar and past-chair of the Counselling Psychology Division of the British Psychological Society. Susan is a visiting lecturer to ...

Assessment of children & adults for child care proceedings, contact disputes & child protection issues • Cognitive assessments • Learning disabilities & mental capacity • Personality disorders & mental health • Parenting ability affected by alcohol & drug abuse, domestic violence, abuse of children: emotional, sexual & /or physical • Advising on therapeutic & remedial programmes • Special interest in: • Gypsy & travelling families ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder • Personal injury • Parenting assessment • Assessment of mental capacity • Family/child issues • Neuropsychological assessment • Adjustment disorder • Risk assessment in non-criminal cases • Care proceedings • Assessment of cognitive functions

• Leading provider of expert witnesses in all specialities • All experts are BPS & /or HPC registered • Provision of experts for criminal & civil courts & tribunals • All geographical regions across the UK • Skilled in providing quotes for funding bodies (e.g. LSC) • Personalised service & management of cases

Assessment of psychological disorders: PTSD, anxiety, depression, OCD • Cognitive assessments: intelligence & learning disabilities, attention deficit, suggestibility, malingering • Psychological sequelae of trauma: road traffic accidents, occupational stress, workplace injuries, sexual abuse, rape, asylum seekers, marital & relationship conflict • Employment tribunal assessments & criminal cases undertaken

Dr King specialises both in assessments of adults & children in the context of family proceedings & private law disputes, along with forensic issues (risk assessment, parole board reports, pre-sentencing reports, psychopathy assessments, veracity of evidence, fitness to plead & culpability). She also undertakes personal injury work. Recent instructions have encompassed: ...

Family proceedings: assessment of adults & children, including domestic violence, substance abuse, non-accidental injury, cognitive functioning & capacity, personality, mental health issues, propensity for violence • I also write reports for criminal court & civil court & have completed the Bond Solon Cardiff University Law School Training for these, in addition to family court • I assess complex cases, PTSD & related disorders • I can offer opinion on therapeutic input & prognosis

I have extensive experience of assisting in family law and criminal cases, providing expert reports and witness testimony in relation to children, adolescents & adults. I undertake over 160 assessments each year for adults with specific learning difficulties and am frequently asked to assess adults by professional bodies or employers to determine potential underlying difficulties that may impact upon their ability to carry out their work effectively. This includes providing advice on reasonable ...

Psychological effects of: • Divorce • Domestic abuse • Family disputes • Malingering • Occupational stress • Fitness to work • Personal injury • Post-traumatic stress disorder

Clinical psychology as it applies to the following areas: • Child development & parenting • Family dynamics • Child & adolescent mental health • Adult mental health • Criminality & offending • Trauma • As such, I am able to accept instructions for family law cases, criminal cases & personal injury

Childcare proceedings: • Cognitive function & vulnerability assessments • Attachment assessments • Contact dispute issues • Child development assessments • Neuropsychological assessments • Psychological state assessments • Criminal proceedings: • Fitness to plead • Witness reliability • Psychological state assessments • Cognitive function & vulnerability assessments • Neuropsychological assessments • Pre-sentencing reports • Civil/personal injury: • Road traffic accidents • Impact of trauma

I have over 12 years' experience of working within the NHS in learning disability, brain injury, forensic and adult mental health services. Since 2009 I have worked independently in private practice as a treating clinician and expert witness in civil, criminal and family law. I have completed the British Psychological Society's Expert Witness Training levels 1, 2 and 3. Areas of expertise include personal/criminal injury, cognitive functioning, capacity & IQ, suggestibility, parenting assessment ...

Clinical psychology as it applies to the following areas: • Child development & parenting • Family dynamics & attachment issues • Trauma & dissociation • Adolescent self-harm • Criminality & offending • As such, I am able to accept instructions for family law work, criminal, personal injury & private law cases

I am a dual-qualified Chartered Clinical Psychologist & Chartered Forensic Psychologist • I have provided expert witness since 1998 • I am competent to accept instructions in respect of: • Assessment across the life-span, including assessment of children & adolescents involved with the criminal justice system • Assessment of dangerousness • Assessment of fitness to plead & capacity to stand trial • Assessment of suggestibility • Assessment of autistic spectrum disorder • Personality disorder assessment • ...

Dr Ben Donner is a Registered Clinical Psychologist with the Health Professions Council, a Chartered Psychologist at the British Psychological Society • Experience has included SJE work, in addition to plaintiff/defendant cases • Areas of expertise include: • IQ & cognitive functioning • Psychometric evaluation • Suggestibility • Compliance • Mental capacity • Dementia assessment • Forensic risk assessment • Diagnosis of autism & Asperger syndrome • Fitness to plead or stand trial ...

Risk assessments of violence, sex offending, partner violence • Assessment of psychopathy & personality disorder • Assessment of cognitive functioning & IQ • Assessment of anger • Assessment of suggestibility • Reports for parole board lifer & IPP sentenced offenders • Registered Intermediary with the Ministry of Justice

Psychological expert for personal injury, occupational health & psychological consequences of employment-related issues • Assessments, psycho-legal reports, counselling psychology & psychotherapy • Working with adults, young people & secondary school children • Employment Tribunal experience • Excellent very detailed evidence-based reports • Usually 6 weeks from instructions to report • Solicitor's recommendation or reference and sample reports available

Clinical psychology as it applies to the following areas: • Child development • Family dynamics & attachment issues • Trauma & dissociation • Adolescent & child mental health • Cognitive behavioural therapy • Family attachment narrative therapy • Criminality & offending • As such, I am able to accept instructions for family law work, criminal, personal injury & private law areas

Insight London offers high quality, professional and expert medico-legal assessments and reports from a Chartered Clinical Psychologist registered with the British Psychological Society. We can provide expert reports for areas including the following: • Civil & personal injury • Employment stress • Personality assessment ...

Assessment & treatment of adult mental health • Personality assessment • Psychopathology assessment (HPI) • Personality, aptitude & skills assessment • Fitness to plead • Addictions: • Gambling • Impulsive behaviours • Smoking cessation • Substance abuse • Trauma: • Adult survivors of sex abuse • Bullying • Domestic violence • PTSD • Self-harm • Sexual abuse • Suicide • Victim of crime • Disaster • Personal: • Anger management • Assertiveness • Behavioural & conduct issues • Gender • Sexuality • Grief • Self-esteem • Adjustment ...

Assessment of ability • Adults • Children • Criminal • Capacity to participate • Police interview • Special measures for court proceedings • Understanding of caution & documents • Fitness to plead & instruct • Vulnerable witnesses • Suggestibility, functioning & compliance • Learning difficulty & disability • Specific learning difficulty • Dyslexia • Dyspraxia • ADHD • Attention difficulties • Autism • Asperger syndrome • Adjustments & provision to support learning & employment • Psychological & education issues • Childcare • Family ...

Personal psychological injury (claimant, defence & single joint expert - adults, children & adolescents) • Disfigurement (scarring & amputations) • Police work • Pregnancy & birth & allied matters ...