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| | The Consultancy
The consultancy was founded in 2007 by five clinicians who
have each established a track record for undertaking psychiatric or
psychological assessments in respect of legal proceedings involving adults,
adolescents and children. This development has evolved out of the Baker & Duncan
Family Consultancy that was established in 1991.
It is envisaged that this clinical association of experts
will grow to a point where the consultancy will be regarded as a one-stop-shop.
The benefits of forming such an association include:-
- avoiding the risks of professional isolation in a time when the Courts
favour the use of joint instruction of a single expert;
- enabling a group of clinicians to act as a peer review group through a
process of clinical audit of assessments, reports and using feedback from
courts and instructing solicitors to facilitate the raising and sustaining
of professional standards;
- developing a team approach to the assessment of complex family problems
using the complementary skills of clinicians with a range of expertise.
Services available
- Parenting assessments and assessment of risk for Care Proceedings
- Psychiatric assessment of children and adolescents, which includes
multi-axial assessment of clinical syndromes and conditions which affect
mental or emotional functioning.
- Psychiatric/psychological assessment of harm to children in the context
of child development including all aspects of development, attachment and
response to trauma
- Cognitive assessments of children, adolescents and adults using
psychometric tests.
- Psychological assessment of personality of adults using psychometric
tests
- Psychiatric/ psychological assessment of adults to include forensic
assessments in criminal and family proceedings
- Assessments of children and families in marital proceedings when there
are residence and contact disputes
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