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New technology, psychiatry, and the law: Panic, prudence, possibility
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2024 Mar 23;94:101984. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2024.101984. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThroughout human history, all new technology has been met with surprise, anxiety, panic, and - eventually - prudent adoption of certain aspects of specific technological advances. This pattern is evident in the histories of most technologies, ranging from steam power in the nineteenth century, to television in the twentieth century, and - now - 'artificial intelligence' (AI) in the twenty-first century. Each generation believes that the technological advances of its era are quantitatively and qualitatively different ...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - March 24, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Brendan D Kelly Source Type: research

'I was going into it blind': Nearest Relatives, legal literacy, and the Mental Health Act 1983
This article examines this issue through focussing on the experiences of Nearest Relatives, who are given rights and powers during Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) assessments for compulsory admission in England and Wales. Interviews with nineteen Nearest Relatives in England were conducted and were thematically analysed. Three themes were identified. First, NRs spoke about their awareness and knowledge of the role. They predominantly reported negative experiences in which they received no or little information. They also reported that professionals assumed they possessed legal knowledge, and their legal knowledge was largely ...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - March 21, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Judy Laing Jeremy Dixon Kevin Stone Source Type: research

Persons with mental disorders and assisted dying practices in Spain: In response to Ramos et al
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2024 Mar 16;94:101980. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2024.101980. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRamos et al. paper offers a narrative review of Spanish Organic Law 3/2021, which regulates euthanasia, focusing on its application to individuals with mental disorders. Ramos et al. examine the application of legal prerequisites from an ethical-legal perspective to ascertain the conditions under which psychiatric euthanasia might be considered legitimate and compliant with legal stipulations. Nevertheless, it is apparent that the core ethical inquiries linked to this matter have not been exhaustively investigated. T...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - March 17, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Josep Pifarre Montse Esquerda Francesc Torralba Jacinto B átiz Margarita Bofarull Source Type: research

Adult safeguarding legislation: Navigating the borderlands between mental capacity, mental health and social care law and practice
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2024 Mar 11;94:101964. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2024.101964. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAdult safeguarding legislation is contentious because it seeks to protect 'vulnerable' adults who fall between the borderlands of social care, mental health and mental capacity law. As a new and complex area of law and practice, further research on adult safeguarding legislation is required, in particular to consider it efficacy and human rights implications. Utilising a narrative literature review approach this article explores current research evidence on the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 to cons...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - March 12, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Kathryn Mackay Pearse McCusker Source Type: research

Role of psychopathology on children credibility of sexual abuse testimony
This study reveals that children who presented psychological manifestations prior to their experience of abuse receive a lower credibility rating than those without previous psychopathological symptoms or diagnoses.PMID:38460237 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijlp.2024.101972 (Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry)
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - March 9, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Mar ía A García-Rico Jorge J Ricarte Mar ía V Jimeno Jos é M Latorre Source Type: research

Forensic aspects of dissociative positive symptoms in trauma-related disorders and borderline personality disorder
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2024 Mar 8;94:101973. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2024.101973. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA psychotically motivated act or an act committed under impaired insight and control of action in the midst of an acute psychosis is the standard for lack of criminal responsibility. There is now increasing evidence that positive symptoms, particularly in the form of hallucinations and delusions, in trauma-related disorders and borderline personality disorder (BPD) are comparable to positive symptoms in psychotic disorders, posing a challenge for differential diagnosis and forensic assessment of the relevance of posit...
Source: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry - March 9, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Stefan Tschoeke Tilman Steinert Hans Knoblauch Source Type: research