PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Adamou, MC
AU  - Hale, AS
TI  - PTSD and the law of psychiatric injury in England and Wales: finally coming closer?
DP  - 2003 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 327--332
VI  - 31
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/31/3/327.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/31/3/327.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2003 Sep 01; 31
AB  - With the increase in terrorism in several parts of the world, more people are exposed to traumatic events that could cause psychiatric injury either to them or to members of their families. In Britain, terrorist attacks or other catastrophes are not unknown; indeed, the case law relating to psychiatric injury is vast. However, the intersection between medicine and the law is minimal. The result is a law that lags behind the scientific evidence and, on occasion, may seem unfair.