OVERVIEW:
Adam Goldyne, M.D., is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco. He lectures frequently about psychiatric evaluation and treatment and has received teaching awards at Columbia University and at the University of California, San Francisco. His medical-legal background includes both consultation to attorneys and fellowship training in psychiatry and law. He has extensive experience with treating psychiatric conditions in the outpatient, hospital, and emergency settings and with the evaluation and treatment of substance-related disorders. He devotes the majority of his time to treating patients with psychiatric disorders using medication, psychotherapy, and psychoanalysis.
CREDENTIALS:
• Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
• Qualified Medical Examiner, State of California
• Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Member, American Psychiatric Association
• Member, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
• Member, Association for Academic Psychiatry
• Member, California Psychiatry Association
BACKGROUND:
• University of California, San Francisco, M.D.
• Columbia University, medical internship and psychiatric residency
• Program in Psychiatry and Law, University of California, San Francisco, fellowship
SERVICES OFFERED:
Dr. Goldyne is available to serve as an expert forensic psychiatrist or consultant to attorneys in civil matters, including the following:
• personal injury litigation
• worker’s compensation and mental injury
• employment discrimination and harassment, including sexual harassment
• psychiatric disability determinations, including those pertaining to the Americans with Disabilities Act
• fitness for duty evaluations
• assessment of mental competencies, including testamentary capacity
• standard of care and malpractice in psychiatry, including
- prescription of medications
- counseling, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis
- boundary violations
- sexual misconduct
- failure to treat
- suicide
- confidentiality
- use of seclusion and restraint
- involuntary commitment
- use of medication over objection
Dr. Goldyne’s consultations are based on extensive experience with the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric conditions, including:
- post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- anxiety and panic disorders
- depression / major depressive disorder
- adjustment disorder
- schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder
- bipolar disorder
- substance related disorders
- personality disorders
- sexual and gender disorders
PUBLICATIONS:
2004 : Cutler, JL., Adam Goldyne, John C. Markowitz, Michael J. Devlin, and Robert A. Glick. "Clinical Case Conference: Comparing CBT, IPT and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy." The American Journal of Psychiatry; 161(9):1567-73
2007 : Goldyne, Adam (in Press). “Minimizing the Influence of Unconscious Bias in Evaluations: A Practical Guide for the Forensic Psychiatrist.” Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
