Medico Legal Editorials
Could the cure really be the cause?
By Dr Malcolm VandenBurg
There have been a number of cases in which selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors - SSRIs - are said to have been implicated in criminal defences, the issue being that SSRIs may predispose individuals to exhibit behaviour as an adverse effect of their therapy...
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Prescription medication - a forensic perspective.
By Dr Malcolm VandenBurg
The purpose of this article is to inform lawyers that if their clients have taken either prescription medicines or illegal substances prior to alleged offences, it is always in the defendant's interests to instruct a pharmceutical physician with an interest in forensic pharamcology to provide an expert opinion as to the possible role played by these substances on their client's behaviour...
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