2 Following R v. Dowds [2012] EWCA Crim 281, what counts as a 'recognised medical condition' (RMC) under diminished responsibility? Anything counts as an RMC provided one medical expert gives evidence

as to this in a diminished responsibility case. 23 O Anything that is contained in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) or the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. but not the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic O Anything that is contained in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, but not the World Health Organization's international Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Anything that is contained in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Disease and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Presence on the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) or the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic & Statisti Manual of Mental Disorder is a necessary, but not always sufficient, requirement to raise the issue of diminished responsibility-although if a condition is not yet contained in either of these two glossaries it may still count as an RMC In a diminished responsibility case if a body of medical opinion gives evidence in urt that it should be an RMC Previous Next