Psychiatric Reports for Court
At Piracha Ltd, I recognize the significance of accurate and reliable medical evidence in legal proceedings. I am an experienced Forensic Psychiatrist, and possess a thorough understanding of the interface between the medical and legal aspects of a case. I take pride in delivering meticulous and objective assessments, ensuring that my clients have the strongest foundation for their legal strategies.
Expertise within Psychiatric Conditions:
- PTSD
- Depression
- Anxiety disorders including panic attacks
- Paranoid schizophrenia
- Schizoaffective disorder
- Personality disorders
- Bipolar Affective Disorder
- Learning disability / Intellectual impairment
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- ADHD
- Adjustment disorder
- Acute stress reaction
- Dissociative and conversion disorders
- Cognitive impairment
- Dementia including Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia
Areas of Expertise Within Criminal Cases:
- Fitness to plead and stand trial
- Psychiatric defenses, including insanity, diminished responsibility, loss of control, and automatism
- Fitness for Police interview
- Sex offenders
- Firesetting
- Risk assessment and Dangerousness
- Community Sentences including Mental Health Treatment Requirement
- Section 35 Admission to hospital for report
- Section 36 Remand to hospital and Section 38 Interim Hospital Order
- Section 37 Hospital Order
- Section 41 Restriction Order
- Section 5(2) Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act
- Hybrid Orders Section 45(A)
- Effects of a prison sentence including immediate imprisonment on a defendant’s mental health Psychiatric report for the Parole Board
- Appeal cases including appeal against conviction and sentence