@article{ref1,
title="Driver's license expertise and psychiatric diagnosis. An analysis of 712 specialist expert assessments",
journal="Psychiatrische Praxis",
year="1997",
author="Gutierrez, K. and Bankier, B. and Schmid-Siegel, B.",
volume="24",
number="6",
pages="275-280",
abstract="In a large University Department of Psychiatry a retrospective analysis of 712 psychiatric expertises on fitness to drive was carried out to identify factors influencing the decision &quot;unfit to drive&quot;. Psychological test results were identified as the most potent factors influencing this decision, whereas a psychiatric diagnosis seems to be less important. The results indicate that demographic data and history (previous psychiatric hospitalisations, previous verdict &quot;unfit to drive&quot;) were not influential. It is concluded that today's psychiatrists, when carrying out expertises on the question of fitness to drive, do not follow previous recommendations of placing a verdict of &quot;unfit to drive&quot; on all persons with a psychiatric diagnosis. They obviously follow a more individualised and pragmatic approach.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0303-4259",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}