Experts urge driving curbs on people with psych issues

Medical experts have recommended that patients suffering from a number of serious psychiatric conditions should be declared unfit to drive for up to six months.

In a study, clinicians advocate that patients suffering from conditions such as acute psychosis and schizophrenia should have a minimum period of wellness and stability of three to six months before getting back behind the wheel.

In the paper published in this month’s Irish Medical Journal, nearly 300 occupational physicians and psychiatrists give their expert opinion on the fitness to drive for people living with six conditions: