FORENSIC
We offer the following services;
Clinical work: Hospital-based psychiatric services to mentally ill accused persons/offenders
• Outpatient & Inpatient care for mentally ill persons.
Prison in-reach services
• Benin prisons • Oko prisons
Medico-legal services (court-related services)
• Forensic psychiatric assessment of individuals involved with the criminal-justice (legal) system • Assessment of accused persons' competence to partake in judicial proceedings (fitness to plead) • Determination of criminal responsibility • Provision of expert assistance to individuals and organizations, plaintiffs and defendants, lawyers and the courts in evaluating psychological factors relevant to civil and criminal proceedings. • Mental state assessment and opinion on referred cases from statutory bodies, e.g. Federal Road Safety Corps, the Police, and the military • Provision of court reports
Expert assessment and advise on civil competencies
• Testamentary capacity • Guardianships • Child custody determination • Parental competence and termination of parental rights • Child abuse/neglect • Psychiatric malpractice