PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS AND LEGAL INTERESTS OF VICTIMS WITH PSYCHIATRIC/PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY

This paper presents the view of mental health professionals on the problems that exist in the implementation of their constitutional rights by victims with psychiatric/psychological injury.

Purpose of the work: to analyze the regulatory, legal and practical factors that prevent victims with mental trauma from effectively realizing the protection of their rights and legitimate interests in criminal proceedings, as well as to develop possible options for overcoming the obstacles in the process of realizing their legitimate interests by victims with psychiatric/psychological injury.

Results. In accordance with domestic legislation, compensation for mental suffering by a court decision is allowed only upon the request made by the victim. If such a requirement is not stated, then the court itself does not have the right to decide the issue of compensation. In turn, there are a number of reasons that prevent people with mental trauma from independently seeking compensation for mental suffering, among which a purely medical factor stands out. For example, individual symptoms of anxiety, depression, phobia and posttraumatic stress disorder (avoidance of situations reminiscent of the circumstances of the injury) lead to the fact that victims in every possible way avoid any events related to proving the trauma they suffered, much less a detailed trial.

Conclusions. Regulatory, legal and practical problems that prevent victims with psychiatric/psychological injury from effectively implementing the protection of their rights and legitimate interests can be quite successfully overcome with the help of joint efforts of lawyers and mental health professionals. One of the first significant steps may be the emergence of a legislative mechanism for the mandatory involvement of a victim representative (lawyer) for victims of violent crimes (crimes against life and health).

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