{"id":2565,"date":"2017-02-28T05:34:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T05:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/uncategorized\/psychiatric-injury-primary-and-secondary-victims-134\/"},"modified":"2019-09-25T14:27:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T14:27:41","slug":"psychiatric-injury-primary-and-secondary-victims-134","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/law\/psychiatric-injury-primary-and-secondary-victims-134\/","title":{"rendered":"In claims for psychiatric injury, what is the difference between primary and secondary victims?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question<\/h2>\n

What are the distinctions between primary and secondary victims of psychiatric illness?<\/p>\n

Answer<\/h2>\n

A primary victim is a one who could have been in immediate physical danger, but only suffered psychiatric illness (White v CC of South Yorkshire [1999]). It is possible that even if the physical harm did not materialise, a defendant could still be liable to a victim of psychiatric harm (Page v Smith).<\/p>\n

Secondary victims are those who were not in any danger of harm but rather become psychiatrically ill due to witnessing the death\/injury of an immediate victim in which they have a loving and affectionate relationship with (Alcock v CC of South Yorkshire Police ([1992]).<\/p>\n

It is important to note that the psychiatric injury must be a medically recognised condition. Thus, normal grief and distress would be insufficient.<\/p>\n

References<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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