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Medico-legal psychiatric assessments in the age of video-linking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2024

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James Briscoe*
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Consultant psychiatrist and trustee of the Grange Annual Conference, organised for psychiatrists engaged in medico-legal work.
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Summary

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, assessments by video link became a standard and acceptable form of medico-legal evaluation. The various challenges to achieving an accurate and robust medico-legal assessment via a remote platform are explored in this clinical reflection. It is concluded that any limitations to a remotely undertaken assessment must be highlighted to the court and an in-person assessment considered as a reasonable alternative in some cases.

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Remote assessmentsvideomedico-legal
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Clinical Reflection
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BJPsych Advances , Volume 30 , Special Issue 6: Expert Psychiatric Evidence - including topics from the Grange Medicolegal Conference , November 2024 , pp. 406 - 409
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

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