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Assessing detainees' ‘fitness to be interviewed’

Implications for senior registrars' training

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David Protheroe  and
Gerard Roney
David Protheroe*
Affiliation:
Department of Liaison Psychiatry, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street Leeds LS1 3EX
Gerard Roney
Affiliation:
Newton Lodge Regional Secure Unit Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield WF1 3SP
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∗Correspondence
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The police are increasingly requesting assesments of detainees' fitness to be interviewed. Senior registrars in psychiatry are often asked to perform this task. Gudjonsson has derived a set of guidelines from a Judge's ruling following a recent court case. Our survey identifies that the current practice of a group of senior registrars in psychiatry falls short of these guidelines. Reasons for this and implications for training are discussed.

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Trainees Forum
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , February 1996 , pp. 104 - 105
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

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