Psychiatric Injury

Question 1

Psychiatric illness

Answer 1

Recognised psychiatric illness that can be independently verified on the basis of medical evidence. This usually occurs when they witness something outside of the normal range of human experiences. In reilly v merseyside physical symptoms of fear and panic which were not sufficient to psychiatric injury. In hinz v berry feelings of grief and sorrow do not account for psychiatric injury.

Question 2

Primary victims

Answer 2

Those directly affected by the negligent act and suffer psychiatric injury, These can be directly involved and rescuers

Question 3

Directly involved

Answer 3

Someone directly involved and in the zone of danger (dulieu v white)

Question 4

Rescuers

Answer 4

Rescuers are those who give assistance to those in danger and are also treated as a primary victim if he puts himself at risk (Hale)

Question 5

Secondary victims

Answer 5

show close enough ties of love and affection to the victim of the incident and witness the incident or its immediate aftermath

Question 6

Alcock criteria

Answer 6

-Close ties of love and affection (Mcloughlin)
-Witnessed the event or immediate aftermath (Taylorson)
-Learned about the event through their own unaided senses