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Published on: September 20, 2018
Is justice served by reliance on ICD and DSM classifications of mental disorder in medico-legal reporting?
1a Door Tenant, The Chambers of Mark Love, Inner Temple, London, UK; Visiting Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Life Sciences, University of Chester, Chester, UK; and an Honorary Associate Professor at Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. He is a retired forensic psychiatrist and a co-editor of Rix's Expert Psychiatric Evidence (Cambridge University Press). He has been awarded honorary fellowships of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and the Expert Witness Institute.
Abstract:
The histories of the DSM and ICD classifications are set out so as to identify weaknesses and limitations that can affect their application in medico-legal reporting. These are illustrated by reference to published judgments and three detailed case studies. The analysis and case studies identify how expert witnesses' reliance on the DSM and ICD can be challenged in order to seek to undermine their evidence.
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