TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Psychiatry, the law and death on the roads
JO  - Advances in psychiatric treatment
A1  - Gordon, Harvey
SP  - 439
EP  - 445
VL  - 10
IS  - 6
N2  - The motor vehicle on the road has a history of only just over 100 years. It is a major form of personal and public transport, but is also associated with hazards and risks. Many more people are killed on the roads each year in Britain than are the victims of homicide. General and forensic pyschiatric evaluation of offenders charged with or convicted of motoring offences is, however, infrequent, despite the presence of mental health problems in some of them. I describe psychiatric, criminological and legal factors associated with driving of motor vehicles, as many psychiatric patients have driving licences and have access to a vehicle or, indeed, may decide to drive unlicensed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1355-5146
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/apt.10.6.439
ID  - ref1
ER  -