Nebraska correctional mental health expert witnesses assess psychiatric care and suicide prevention in jails and prisons across the state. Many are forensic psychiatrists, correctional psychologists, psychiatric nurses, or social workers with experience in NDCS facilities and county detention centers, often collaborating with UNMC clinicians. They evaluate screening, medication management, crisis response, and standards of care.
Correctional and Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
Correctional and Forensic Psychiatry Expert Witness
- Review Fee
- $800/hr
- Deposition Fee
- $800/hr
This mental health expert is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and the Associate Director of a forensic psychiatry fellowship program for a large public university in Colorado. Much of his work has focused on the mental health of prison inmates, with a particular emphasis on the effects of solitary confinement. The expert earned his M.D. from the University of Maryland Medical School and completed his psychiatric internship/residency at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He is licensed in the states of Colorado, California, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania. He has also co-authored a book and nearly 30 book chapters. Among notable consulting engagements, the expert was selected to perform the independent psychiatric exam in a high-profile mass shooting trial. He is a member of the American Correctional Health Services Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.
Clinical Professor, A large public university in CO
Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Maryland Medical School
Denver,
Colorado