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Dr Arvind Gupta

Consultant Psychiatrist MBBS, DPM (NIMHANS), DNB (PSYCHIATRY), CCST (GENERAL ADULT PSYCHIATRY, UK)
Specialisms
ADHD Psychiatry/Psychology
Capabilities
Claimants & DefendantsRemote AppointmentsCourt AttendanceWeekend AppointmentsEvening AppointmentsNHS ContractedLegal Aid (LLA)Report Turnaround: 2 - 3 weeksClaimant Age: 18+

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Medico-Legal Experience

Dr Arvind Gupta is a highly experienced Consultant Psychiatrist whose expert opinion is regularly sought in complex medico-legal cases across a broad range of legal domains, including criminal law, family law, immigration and asylum, employment law, personal injury and psychological trauma, public law, and Mental Health Act matters.

Dr Gupta has developed particular clinical and medico-legal expertise in the assessment and management of adult ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and personality disorders, and he has completed many reports on these topics.

He accepts instructions from both claimants and defendants for cases relating to personal injury, clinical negligence, breach of duty, causation, liability, and condition and prognosis.

Dr Gupta is Bond Solon trained and regularly attends medicolegal courses to ensure he maintains compliance with the Civil Procedure Rules. During his time as an expert witness, he has provided testimony in court several times and is well-versed in Courtroom protocol and procedure. He is available to provide oral evidence in Court when required.

Dr Gupta has extensive experience in cases associated with:

Criminal Law:

  • Section 12 (2) approved reports
  • Fitness to plead/stand trial
  • Mens rea, capacity
  • Insanity defence (McNaughton)
  • Disposal (Hospital order)

Family Law:

  • Parental assessments – risk assessments
  • Social care/contact with children proceedings
  • The Care Act 2014
  • Risk and ability to protect a child
  • Mental capacity assessment
  • Domestic violence
  • Emotional abuse
  • Sexual abuse
  • Personality disorders:
    • Paranoid personality disorder
    • Schizoid personality disorder
  • Munchausen & munchausen by proxy
  • Adult ADHD/asperger’s/autism
  • Perinatal and post-natal disorders (psychiatric)

Housing Matters:

  • Possession
  • Eviction
  • Disability and Equality Act 2010

Public Law:

  • The Human Rights Act 1998
  • Mental Capacity Act 2005
  • Assessment of vulnerable adults and children
  • Testamentary capacity
  • The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS)

Neurocognitive Disorders (NCDs):

  • Dementia assessment
  • Alzheimer’s Disease

Immigration/Asylum Cases (In children and adults):

  • Victims of torture and abuse
  • Trafficked victims: Sexual abuse
  • Mental capacity
  • Risk assessment

Employment Law:

  • Work-related stress
  • Fitness to work/return to work
  • Employment tribunals/Disability Discrimination Act 1995/Equality Act 2010
  • Sexual harassment
  • Bullying
  • Racial discrimination
  • Psychiatric injury:
    • Depression
    • Anxiety

Mental Health Law:

  • Assessments under The Mental Health Act 1983
  • Civil issues
  • Forensic psychiatry issues

Personal Injury:

  • Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs)
  • Workplace accidents
  • Trauma sequelae
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Psychiatric injury due to medical negligence/clinical negligence
  • Victims of crime and abuse
  • Historic child abuse assessments
  • Military claims
  • Multi-track cases

Dr Gupta’s availability is 2-4 weeks and has a report turnaround time of 2-3 weeks.

Clinical Experience

Dr Gupta is a Consultant Psychiatrist with over 24 years of extensive clinical experience in adult mental health. He is currently employed by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust.

He has a special interest in teaching and training medical and non-medical staff. He provides educational and clinical supervision to ST and CT trainees in psychiatry, speciality grade doctors, approved nurse practitioners, GP trainees, and 4th year medical students. He was also the Designated Medical Practitioner for Clinical Pharmacist at New Craigs Hospital in 2017.

Dr Gupta delivers psychoeducation that explains a clear understanding of the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on the development of deeply ingrained maladaptive traits that result in a constellation of symptoms that are characteristic of personality disorder.

He qualified and obtained his Diploma in Psychological Medicine in India, and he completed

CCST in General Adult Psychiatry in the Medical Royal Colleges of the UK. He has also been approved under Section 12 (2), and he has an Approved Clinical Status under The Mental Health Act 1983.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Dr Gupta undertake a full dementia assessment?

Yes, Dr Gupta can conduct a clinical cognitive dementia assessment.

Publications

Dr Gupta has authored a book on mood disorders:

Beyond the Binary: Revisiting Bipolar II Through the Psycho-Neuro Developmental Lens.

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