Medico-legal work

Dilemma Consultancy regularly provides the following:

• Reports for Mental Health Review Tribunals
• In civil cases where negligent failure to recognize an autistic spectrum disorder or to provided appropriate education or treatment is being alleged (usually instructed by the plaintiff's solicitor)
• In cases where injury or accident is alleged to have aggravated an autistic spectrum disorder
• In criminal cases involving a person suspected of an autistic spectrum disorder where the diagnosis may be a mitigating factor. Instructions for these cases have been received from the defence and from the prosecution. The charges have included assault, indecency, and unlawful killing.

Medicolegal assessments may be carried out on our premises, in secure hospitals, or in prisons and young offender institutions. Developmental information from parents is usually required to make a definitive diagnosis. Assessments are provided by either of our two psychiatrists, Professor Digby Tantam, a partner in Dilemma Consultancy, or Dr. Sobhi Girgis, a senior associate; both have considerable experience in forensic psychiatry as well as training and expertize in the diagnosis and assessment of autistic spectrum disorders.

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