Oral Presentation

Dr Tina Popa1 1RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia   Legal principles regarding recovery of compensation for pure psychiatric illness are a ‘sin of the past’, long subject to slow judicial development, arbitrary restrictions and criticism from scholars. In 1970 Windeyer J...

Dr Leila Kavanagh1,2 1Tasmanian Health Service, Hobart, Australia, 2Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (non remunerated), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil   The aim of this presentation is to focus on the delivery of Forensic Mental Health Services...

Ms Louisa Medlicott1 1Private Practice, Dunedin, New Zealand   This is a case study of a man who has a Compulsory Care Order under New Zealand’s Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003.  W is in his 40s, has...

Dr Anthony Duncan1 1Forensic Coordination Service (ID) , Karori, New Zealand   Zealand’s Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act (ID CCR Act) provides for the care and rehabilitation, within disability services of certain individuals with a statutorily defined intellectual...

Dr Margaret Nixon1, Ms Katie Richardson1, Prof Stuart Thomas2, Prof Michael  Daffern1, Prof James Ogloff1 1Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Alphington, Australia, 2RMIT, Melbourne, Australia   Our understanding of offending behaviour by people with intellectual disabilities has, to date, struggled...

Dr Mark Porter1 1W.A. Child and Adolescent Health Service, Fremantle, Australia, 2University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia   Child and adolescent conduct disorders include behaviours such as aggression, violence, rule-violation and anti-social behaviours. Untreated, these disorders predict substance use, adult...

Dr Karen Fisher1, Dr  Sabrina Hasanouni 1Drug And Alcohol Service, NBMLHD, Kingswood , Australia   As part of quality assurance in the delivery of health care in Australian hospitals, a series of events are deemed “sentinel”, triggering an automatic review...

Mrs Kim Tomlian1, Dr Jonathan Crichton1, Professor Kurt Lushington1, Dr Sara McLean1 1University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia   The work of psychologists, social workers and legal practitioners is inextricably linked in child protection. How well these professional groups communicate...

Prof. Ian Freckelton1 1Barrister, 617 Crockett Chambers, 530 Lonsdale St, Melbourne, 3000, VIC, Australia, ,   Three series of cases in England and Australia, involving dying children – Oshin Kiszko, Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans – have generated saturation media...