What can Expert Witness Psychiatrists assess that Psychologists can’t?

17 March 2025

What can Expert Witness Psychiatrists assess that Psychologists can’t?

Unlike psychologists (who focus more on behaviour and cognition), psychiatrists bring a medical model to their expert assessments, often including:

Assessing the effects of medication or substance misuse
Recommending psychiatric treatments or hospitalisation

Certain types of expert mental health assessments, such as those based on a review of medical records, tend to be conducted by Psychiatrists.