# Dr Nireeja Pradhan


## Pages

- [Trauma and PTSD reports](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/trauma-ptsd/): Independent assessment of post-traumatic stress disorder and other trauma reactions after abuse or traumatic healthcare: whether the diagnosis is made out, how severe it is, what caused it and what treatment will help.
- [Suicide and self-harm risk reviews](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/suicide-self-harm-risk-management/): An independent psychiatric review of how suicide and self-harm risk was assessed and managed, whether the care met the standard of the time, and what difference reasonable care would probably have made.
- [Impact of sexual abuse](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/sexual-abuse-impact/): Independent psychiatric evidence on how sexual abuse, in childhood or adulthood, has affected the claimant’s mental health, relationships and working life, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Psychiatric treatment needs](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/psychiatric-treatment-needs/): A clear recommendation of the treatment the claimant needs: what kind, how much, for how long, from whom, and what it is likely to achieve, so that the cost can be calculated and the prognosis relied on.
- [Psychiatric standard of care](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/psychiatric-standard-of-care/): Expert psychiatric evidence on what reasonable psychiatric practice required at the time of the care in question, applied to the facts of your case under the Bolam test and the cases that followed it.
- [Psychiatric prognosis reports](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/psychiatric-prognosis/): A reasoned opinion on what happens next: how long the claimant’s symptoms are likely to last, what difference treatment will make, the risk of relapse and the effect on work and daily life in the years ahead.
- [Psychiatric medication negligence](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/psychiatric-medication-negligence/): An independent psychiatric opinion on the prescribing, monitoring and stopping of psychiatric medication, and on the psychiatric harm said to have followed, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Psychiatric injury reports](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/psychiatric-injury/): Clear psychiatric evidence on diagnosis, causation, apportionment, prognosis, treatment needs and functional impact after abuse or negligent healthcare, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Diagnosis and condition reports](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/psychiatric-diagnosis-condition/): An independent psychiatric evaluation of the claimant’s current condition: the diagnosis, the alternatives considered, how severe it is and how it affects daily life, with conflicting records and earlier labels explained.
- [Psychiatric causation reports](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/psychiatric-causation/): A reasoned opinion on what caused the claimant’s psychiatric condition: the abuse or negligent care relied on, earlier vulnerability, other events in their life, or a combination, and in what proportion.
- [Psychiatric breach of duty reports](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/psychiatric-breach-of-duty/): An independent opinion on whether psychiatric care fell below the standard accepted as proper by a responsible body of psychiatrists, and whether the failure caused harm, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Pre-existing conditions and aggravation](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/pre-existing-conditions-aggravation/): Where the claimant had mental health problems before the abuse or the negligent care, a reasoned opinion on what was already there, what the events added, and what would have happened anyway.
- [Historical abuse assessments](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/historical-abuse/): Psychiatric evidence in claims about abuse that happened many years ago, often in care, schools or other institutions, where the records are old, disclosure came late and the claimant’s life has moved on.
- [Future care and rehabilitation](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/future-care-rehabilitation/): The psychiatric evidence on what the claimant will need in the years ahead: continuing treatment, support, rehabilitation and help with work and daily living, and how long each is likely to be needed.
- [Depression and anxiety reports](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/depression-anxiety/): Independent psychiatric opinion on depressive and anxiety disorders after abuse or negligent healthcare: whether a disorder is present, how severe it is, what caused it and how long it is likely to last.
- [Delayed psychiatric diagnosis](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/delayed-psychiatric-diagnosis/): An independent psychiatric opinion on when a mental disorder should have been recognised, whether the delay fell below the standard of care, and what earlier diagnosis would probably have changed.
- [Complex PTSD assessments](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/complex-ptsd/): Independent psychiatric evidence where prolonged or repeated trauma, often from childhood, has led to complex post-traumatic stress disorder, with a clear opinion on diagnosis, causation, treatment and prognosis.
- [Childhood trauma reports](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/childhood-trauma/): Independent psychiatric assessment of adults whose claims concern abuse or neglect in childhood: the psychiatric effects across their adult life, what caused them, and their likely course.
- [Capacity and consent](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/capacity-consent/): An independent psychiatric opinion for solicitors on whether a person had, or has, the capacity to make a specific decision: to consent to treatment, to conduct litigation or to manage their damages, now or at a time in the past.
- [Addendum and supplementary reports](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/addendum-supplementary-reports/): The work after the first report: answers to written questions, addendum reports on new records, updated reports before trial, joint statements with the other side’s expert, and second opinions.
- [Suicide and self-harm risk management](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/clinical-negligence/suicide-self-harm-risk-management/): Independent psychiatric review of the care given before a death by suicide or an act of serious self-harm, in claims by estates, families and people who survived, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Psychological injury after medical negligence](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/clinical-negligence/psychological-injury/): Independent psychiatric assessment of the psychological harm caused by negligent physical healthcare, such as surgery, intensive care, childbirth or a late diagnosis, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Psychiatric negligence](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/clinical-negligence/psychiatric-negligence/): Independent opinion on whether care from mental health services fell below a reasonable standard, whether better care would have changed the outcome, and what injury followed, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Medication and prescribing errors](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/clinical-negligence/medication-prescribing-errors/): Independent psychiatric opinion on errors in prescribing, dispensing, monitoring or stopping medication, and on the psychiatric harm they caused, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Inpatient and community mental health care](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/clinical-negligence/inpatient-community-mental-health-care/): Independent psychiatric opinion on care given on mental health wards and by crisis, home treatment and community mental health teams, and on the harm that followed, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Failure to monitor and follow up](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/clinical-negligence/failure-monitor-follow-up/): Independent psychiatric opinion where a patient was not monitored, reviewed or followed up as they should have been and their mental health deteriorated, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Delayed and missed diagnosis](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/clinical-negligence/delayed-missed-diagnosis/): Independent psychiatric opinion where a diagnosis came too late: a mental illness that went unrecognised, or a physical illness found late, and the psychiatric harm that followed.
- [Consent and mental capacity](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/clinical-negligence/consent-mental-capacity/): Independent psychiatric opinion where a claim turns on consent: whether the patient had capacity to consent to or refuse treatment, how their mental state affected what they understood, and the psychiatric harm that followed.
- [Psychological and emotional abuse](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/abuse-claims/psychological-emotional-abuse/): Independent psychiatric opinion where abuse left no physical mark: coercive control, harassment and stalking, and emotional abuse in childhood, with a clear view on whether a recognised psychiatric injury has been caused.
- [Physical abuse](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/abuse-claims/physical-abuse/): Independent psychiatric assessment where physical abuse or assault, in childhood or adult life, is said to have caused psychiatric injury, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Neglect and safeguarding failures](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/abuse-claims/neglect-safeguarding-failures/): Independent psychiatric assessment where a child or vulnerable adult was neglected, or not protected from abuse by those responsible for safeguarding them, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Institutional abuse](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/abuse-claims/institutional-abuse/): Independent psychiatric assessment of adults who were abused in care, at school, in a church or faith setting, in a sports or youth club, or in custody, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Historical abuse](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/abuse-claims/historical-abuse/): Historic abuse claims are at the centre of Dr Pradhan’s practice.
- [Domestic abuse](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/abuse-claims/domestic-abuse/): Independent psychiatric assessment of the harm caused by abuse within a relationship or family: violence, sexual abuse, coercive control, stalking and honour-based abuse, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Childhood sexual abuse](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/abuse-claims/childhood-sexual-abuse/): Independent psychiatric assessment of adults who were sexually abused as children: diagnosis, causation, the effect on education, work and relationships, prognosis and treatment, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Adult sexual abuse](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/abuse-claims/adult-sexual-abuse/): Independent psychiatric assessment of adults who were sexually assaulted or abused in adult life: the psychiatric harm, what caused it, the effect on relationships and work, and the treatment needed.
- [Terms and conditions](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/terms-conditions/): The terms on which this website may be used and enquiries are received.
- [Psychiatric expert reports](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/psychiatric-reports/): Clear, independent psychiatric opinion on diagnosis, causation, prognosis, treatment, capacity and the standard of psychiatric care, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [Instruct Dr Pradhan](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/instruct/): Send a short outline of an abuse or clinical negligence claim, and Dr Pradhan will confirm whether it falls within her expertise, the scope of opinion, the timescale and a fixed fee.
- [Cookie policy](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/cookie-policy/): Which cookies and similar technologies this website uses, and how you can control them.
- [Clinical negligence](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/clinical-negligence/): Independent psychiatric evidence on breach of duty, causation and psychiatric injury, where mental health care went wrong or negligent physical treatment caused psychological harm.
- [Abuse claims](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/abuse-claims/): Independent psychiatric evidence on the harm caused by abuse, in childhood or adult life, for claimant, defendant and single joint expert instructions.
- [About Dr Pradhan](https://doctorpradhan.co.uk/about/): Dr Nireeja Pradhan is an NHS Consultant Psychiatrist in Birmingham with 25 years’ experience in psychiatry and a substantial medico-legal practice serving solicitors across the UK and worldwide.
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