Psychiatric and psychological reports for immigration and asylum
Independent mental health reports for immigration and asylum matters, including the effect of trauma, prepared for the First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber.
Immigration and asylum cases can depend on an independent account of a person's mental health, particularly where trauma, torture or exploitation is part of the history. Expert Medical arranges psychiatric and psychological reports for these cases, prepared with care for the person being assessed and written for the tribunal.
Trauma assessed with care
Assessments are carried out sensitively, recognising that the person may have experienced torture, persecution or trafficking, and that recounting it is difficult.
Documented to recognised standards
Where the history includes torture or serious ill-treatment, the report can be prepared with reference to the Istanbul Protocol, the recognised international standard for documenting such accounts.
Written for the tribunal
Reports are prepared for the First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber, and set out the diagnosis, its relationship to the account given, and the effect of removal where that is in issue.
Independent mental health evidence for immigration cases
The tribunal needs an honest, independent assessment of a person's mental health. Our reports set out the clinical findings and the expert's opinion, prepared with sensitivity and without advocacy.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder and complex trauma
- Depression, anxiety and risk assessment
- Reports referencing the Istanbul Protocol where relevant
- Effect of removal or separation on mental health
- Assessments for survivors of torture and trafficking
- Cognitive and memory assessments where reliability is in issue
- Fitness to give evidence at a hearing
- Assessments arranged with an interpreter where needed
- Oral evidence at the tribunal where required
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