Psychiatry Expert Witnesses

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Expert witnesses who are available to consult and testify regarding psychiatry can be found here. Psychiatry experts found on this page may consult on issues involving adult psychiatric care, antisocial personality disorder, and anxiety disorders. The forensic psychiatry experts found here may provide reports regarding avoidant personality disorder, bio-psychiatry, and bipolar disorder. They may also provide expert witness testimony concerning child & adolescent psychiatry, cognitive behavioral therapy, depression, diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illnesses, geriatric psychiatry, mental health concerns, mental illness, neuropsychiatric issues, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), psychiatric evaluations, psychiatric medicine, psychiatric personal injury, psychoanalysis, psychopharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, psychotic disorders, rehabilitation of the mind, and schizophrenia, among other topics.

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Sanjay G. Adhia, MD (Adhia & Associates, Forensic Psychiatry)
Dr. Adhia is a triple Board-Certified Forensic Psychiatrist based in Houston, TX. He testifies nationally. He is uniquely Board-Certified in Forensic Psychiatry and Brain Injury Medicine in civil, criminal, and military jurisdictions. Adhia & Associates... Learn More ›

Charles Saldanha, MD, FAPA (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Dr. Saldanha is a forensic psychiatrist who is a member of Forensic Psychiatric Associates Medical Corp (www.fpamed.com) a national forensic psychiatric and psychological consulting practice. Charles Saldanha graduated from Emory University with a... Learn More ›

Lawrence S. Mayer, MD, MS, PhD
Dr. Mayer is an expert on the use of epidemiology, statistics and biostatistics in addressing issues of general causation in a clinical, regulatory or policy setting. He has worked on a wide range of problems in a variety of specialties in public... Learn More ›

Maurice Preter, MD (Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Neurology)
Dr. med. Maurice Preter, MD, is a New York City–based psychiatrist, neuropsychiatrist, psychopharmacologist, and neurologist with nearly four decades of professional experience. He is among a select group of physicians fully dual-trained and board-certified... Learn More ›

KENNETH E DINELLA
Duke trained, board certified psychiatrist with over 25 years of experience including chief of staff and medical director. Experienced expert witness in malpractice, child custody, civil and criminal matters. Learn More ›
Medical Advisors, Inc./Technical Network Consulting Service
Location: Pennsylvania
Areas of Expertise: Your Link To Americas Most Qualified Experts! Get the right Expert and the right Service! Medical Advisors, Inc. provides top ranked Board Certified physicians and academicians in all medical specialties....
James Armontrout, MD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Armontrout is a forensic psychiatrist who is a member of Forensic Psychiatric Associates Medical Corp (www.fpamed.com) a national forensic psychiatric and psychological consulting practice. Dr....
Richard H. Gabel, MD, PC, DLFAPA (Expedient Medicolegal Services)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Richard Gabel, MD, DLFAPA, is a psychiatrist licensed in New York State with over 40 years of experience in private practice since 1980. He holds the position of Clinical Assistant Professor at New...
Joy Stankowski MD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Nationwide
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Joy Stankowski graduated from Haverford College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and completed her Doctor of Medicine degree at the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine. She then completed...
KyleeAnn Stevens, MD, DFAPA (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: KyleeAnn Stevens, MD, board certified in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry, is a skilled forensic psychiatrist with extensive experience as an expert witness and as a health system administrator. She...
Diane J. Weiss (Diane J. Weiss, MD, MPH - Psychiatrist & Expert Witness)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: With over 40 years' experience in psychiatry, including decades providing expert witness litigation support, IMEs regarding psychiatric aspects of harassment (sexual/gender-based/racial), employment law,...
Robert Scott Johnson (San Francisco Psychiatry)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Harvard/Mass General-trained forensic psychiatrist, double Board Certified (ABPN) in both Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. 20+ academic peer-reviewed publications on various topics in forensic psychiatry....
Austin De La Cruz (Precise Psychiatry, PLLC)
Location: Texas
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Austin De La Cruz, PharmD, BCPP is a Board-Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. He is a practicing prescriber with extensive...
Jenna Saul, MD (Childs' Best Interest)
Location: Wisconsin
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Jenna Saul is a Board-Certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with more than 25 years of experience working in family courts as an expert witness and addressing trauma, domestic abuse, and coercive...
Elliott M. Stein (Elliott M. Stein, M.D.)
Location: California and Florida
Areas of Expertise: I am a specialist in the Evaluation and Treatment of Older Adults including the evaluation and treatment of depression, anxiety, stress disorders, relationship problems, insomnia, memory problems, dementia,...
Jeffery C. Huffman, MD (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Jeffery C. Huffman, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Associate Chief of Psychiatry for Clinical Services at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where he oversees more than...
Daria M. Hanson (Cape Psychiatric Services, LLC)
Location: Massachusetts
Areas of Expertise: Harvard-trained and board-certified in psychiatry, I bring over 20 years of clinical experience and hold multiple leadership roles in inpatient, consultation-liaison, and community mental health settings....
Bennett Blum, MD (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Bennett Blum, MD is an internationally acclaimed physician specializing in both forensic and geriatric psychiatry. An expert on the detection and impact of psychological manipulation tactics used by offenders...
ForensisGroup, Inc. (The Expert of Experts)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: For over 30 years, ForensisGroup has provided the nation’s top law firms, businesses, insurance companies, government entities with highly qualified expert witnesses and consultants. Experts referred by...
Kevin Heacock, MD (HealthAdvise, LLC)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Kevin Heacock, MD, is a flight surgeon and board-certified psychiatrist at Wright- Patterson AFB, OH, with several clinical, educational, and leadership roles. These include current positions as Aerospace...
Consolidated Consultants
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Consolidated Consultants (CCc) continues to deliver high quality expert witness and medical expert witness referrals nationwide since 1995. CCc is the only referral service where you can view the full,...
Mitchell H. Dunn
Location: Texas
Areas of Expertise: Mitchell H. Dunn, M.D. is a sub-specialty board-certified forensic psychiatrist who spends the vast majority of his time as the forensic director of a state hospital forensic psychiatry program. He has...
Samuel Miles (Samuel I. Miles, MD, PHD)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Miles provides consultations, reports, and expert testimony to both plaintiffs and defendants in litigated civil and criminal matters. He has qualified as expert in state and federal courts to provide...
Shafi Lodhi, MD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Shafi Lodhi is a forensic neuropsychiatrist with an extensive academic and professional background. He graduated from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Arts in History, Bachelor of Science...
Lauren Wilson, MD (HealthAdvise, LLC)
Location: Texas
Areas of Expertise: Dr Lauren Wilson attended medical school at The University of Kansas School of Medicine. Her residency in Psychiatry was completed at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. She is board...
Octavio Choi, MD, PhD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Choi is a forensic psychiatrist who is a member of Forensic Psychiatric Associates Medical Corp (www.fpamed.com) a national forensic psychiatric and psychological consulting practice. Dr. Choi is...
Shannon Miller, M.D., DFASAM, DLFAPA (Forensic Addiction & Psychiatric Services, L.L.C.)
Location: Ohio
Areas of Expertise: FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION. Updated CV available at www.forensicaddictions.com. Consultation on issues relating to alcohol/drug use, addiction, gambling, etc. Active clinical practice for 3 decades...
Ambarin S. Faizi, DO (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Ambarin Faizi is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry with added qualification in Forensic Psychiatry and serves as a forensic expert/consultant in a wide range...
Sandip Buch (Skypiatrist)
Location: New York
Areas of Expertise: Sandip Buch, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist and native english speaker with over 20 years of experience treating psychiatric conditions, including depression, anxiety, bipolar, schizophrenia, Obsessive...
Kevin B. Nowrangi, MD (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Kevin Nowrangi, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist with sub-specialized training in child and adolescent psychiatry as well as forensic psychiatry. Dr. Nowrangi has many years of experience assessing...
Mark I. Levy, MD, DLFAPA (Medical Director of Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P., a nationwide expert witness firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P. (fpamed) is a national consulting firm with offices in California, Nevada and North Carolina assisting litigating attorneys. The firm includes 15 board certified forensic...
Eric Yarbrough (Eric Yarbrough, MD PLLC)
Location: New York
Areas of Expertise: I am a board-certified psychiatrist in both Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. I currently serve as a Clinical Assistant Professor of...
Michael MacIntyre (MacIntyre Psychiatry)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Michael R. MacIntyre, MD, QME, HEC-C Board-Certified Forensic Psychiatrist | Expert in Psychiatry and the Law Dr. Michael MacIntyre is a board-certified general and forensic psychiatrist with extensive...
Walter E.B. Sipe, MD
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Sipe, Board Certified in Psychiatry and Pediatrics, has an active outpatient psychotherapy and medication management practice serving adults and adolescents. He is on the clinical faculty at UCSF...
Christopher Fischer, MD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Christopher Fischer graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in Integrative Biology, received his Master of Science in Financial Analysis from the University of...
Loretta Dumontet, MD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Loretta Dumontet formerly known as Loretta Sonnier MD is a native of Lafayette, Louisiana. She completed medical education at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans and...
Martin Ryan, MD (HealthAdvise, LLC)
Location: Ohio
Areas of Expertise: After completing medical school and psychiatry residency at The Ohio State University, I founded a company that provides in-person psychiatric services to adolescent and adult patients in a wide variety...
Donald Lewis (Little Pigeon River Psych Services)
Location: Tennessee
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Donald Lewis is a board certified general and addiction psychiatrist with specialized expertise in correctional mental health care. He completed his Psychiatry Residency and his Addiction Medicine...
Jessica Chaudhary
Location: Connecticut
Areas of Expertise: Harvard and Yale trained Board Certified psychiatrist with treating conditions such as anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, attention deficit disorders, women's mental health issues, substance use...
Elite Medical Experts
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Elite Medical Experts is a physician-based firm specializing exclusively in medical litigation. Our one goal is to align top-tier university professors with the legal community. We secure experts for medical litigation from every medical and surgical speciality.
Debra S Borys, Ph.D., FABPF (Forensic & Clinical Psychologist)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Borys is a UCLA-educated forensic,clinical & health psychologist and diplomate in forensic psychology. She provides emotional damages assessment, case consultation on psych issues, lit review, & review...
Howard J. Friedman, PhD, ABPP (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Friedman is a forensic psychologist who is a member of Forensic Psychiatric Associates Medical Corp (www.fpamed.com) a national forensic psychiatric and psychological consulting practice. Dr. Howard...
Ellika McGuire (Ellika McGuire MD PLLC)
Location: Washington
Areas of Expertise: Dr. McGuire is a double board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist and psychoanalyst with 10+ years of clinical experience evaluating and treating a broad range of psychiatric disorders...
Tyler M Durns, MD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Tyler Durns graduated with Honors from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology and minors in Psychology and Chemistry. He then went on to earn his Medical...
Ernest A. Kendrick (Ernest A. Kendrick, M.D., PA)
Location: Texas
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Ernest A. Kendrick, a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist in private practice in Houston, Texas. Dr. Kendrick is Board Certified in Psychiatry, Child...
Nina E. Ross, MD (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Nina E. Ross, MD, is a forensic and reproductive psychiatrist. As a forensic psychiatrist, she specializes in the interface between psychiatry and the law which includes the legal regulation of psychiatry...
Richard J Frances MD
Location: New York
Areas of Expertise: Richard Frances, MD, is an expert in addiction psychiatry and psychiatry. He was the founding president of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, Past President and Medical Director of Silver Hill...
Tyler E. Morrison, M.D., M.A.S. (Morrison MedLegal)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Adult and child psychiatrist, double board-certified. Trained at the nation’s #4–ranked psychiatry residency program. Active clinical practice treating adults and children. Experienced faculty – teaches...
Paul Elizondo III, DO (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Paul Elizondo graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and received his Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine degree from Touro University in California. He completed...
Amanda Goldstein, MD (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Amanda Goldstein, MD, who is board certified in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry, is a clinical psychiatrist at the Mind Health Institute in Beverly Hills, California. She treats a broad range of mental...
Gabor Vari, MD (Gabor Vari MD Inc)
Location: Tennessee
Areas of Expertise: I am a double Ivy League trained and two-time Jeopardy! champion general adult psychiatrist with over 15 years experience in the pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment of a broad spectrum of psychiatric...
Ashley H. VanDercar, MD, JD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Ashley VanDercar graduated from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. She then attended Florida International University, where...
Christy Cotner
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Christy Cotner, DNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, is a board-certified Family and Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner providing expert witness services in medical and psychiatric malpractice, prescribing...
Ayesha Ashai, MD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Ashai has performed numerous civil and criminal forensic psychiatric evaluations and has been qualified as an expert in the field of psychiatry in the Sacramento Superior Court. She has extensive training...
Andrew Clark (Andrew B. Clark M.D.)
Location: Massachusetts
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Clark is an experienced psychiatrist who is triple board certified in forensic psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, and adult psychiatry. Harvard trained and on the faculty of Massachusetts...
Leonard J. Weiss, M.D. (Leonard J. Weiss, M.D., Psychiatry Austin, PLLC)
Location: Texas
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Weiss is Board-Certified in Forensic Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, and Brain Injury Medicine, based in Austin, Texas. He is uniquely qualified to address the complicated...
Ahmad U Janjua, M.D., FAPA (Mindspring Health)
Location: Georgia
Areas of Expertise: Forensic psychiatry is a discipline that focuses on the intersection of psychiatric issues and the law. Consultation, evaluation, report writing, and testimony are completed by the forensic psychiatric...
David Y. Kan, M.D., D.F.A.S.A.M. (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Kan is a forensic psychiatrist who is a member of Forensic Psychiatric Associates Medical Corp (www.fpamed.com) a national forensic psychiatric and psychological consulting practice. Dr. David Kan...
Matthew L. Edwards, MD (Forensic Psychiatric Associates, L.P.)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Matthew L. Edwards, M.D., is a general and forensic psychiatrist and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Edwards graduated from Princeton University with...
Monica M. Argumedo, MD (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Monica Argumedo, MD, is board certified in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. She completed medical school at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and residency training at Georgetown University...
Ralph Smith, Jr., M.D., MBA, MA (HealthAdvise, LLC)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Psychiatry – Forensic, Addiction, Child/Adolescent Expert Witness, Litigation Support, Consultation, Evaluation in person or remote via Zoom Decades of Experience. Licensed in WV, OH, CA, FL. Willing...
Pia Quimson-Guevarra (Forensic Psychiatry, Private Practice)
Location: Oregon
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Pia Quimson-Guevarra is Board-Certified in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She has a clinical practice in Portland and forensic practice across...
Salma S. Khan, M.D. (Salma S. Khan, M.D.)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: I graduated from the Stanford University Psychiatry Residency program in 1998. I have been board certified in Psychiatry since 2000. I have subspecialty certification in Consultation-liaison psychiatry. I...
Alan W. Newman, MD, LFAPA (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Alan W. Newman, MD, LFAPA is one of the leading forensic psychiatrists in the United States. He has served as an expert witness in various suicide-related cases, including emergency suicide assessments,...
Moshe Lewis, MD, MBA, MPH (HealthAdvise, LLC)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Moshe Lewis is a board-certified physiatrist and disability expert with over two decades of experience in pain management, rehabilitation, and occupational medicine. He specializes in evaluating professional...
Gloria M Kardong (Gloria M. Kardong, MD, DLFAPA, DABPN)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Gloria M. Kardong, MD DLFAPA DABPN is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist who has been in full time private practice in Palo Alto, CA for the past 35 years. She is adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of...
Doreen Riordan (Riordan and Associates)
Location: Massachusetts
Areas of Expertise: Expert witness registered nurse in psychiatry/ mental health, geriatrics, and substance abuse. Certified legal nurse consultant as well.
Gil Lichtshein (Gil Lichtshein, MD, PA)
Location: Florida
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Lichtshein is board certified in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and his areas of expertise include psychiatric injuries, disability, workers comp, civil and criminal cases, fitness...
Medilex Inc.
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: MEDICAL EXPERTS IN 180 SPECIALTIES, FREE INITIAL TELEPHONE ANALYSIS BY OUR DIRECTOR, A COST-CONTROL GUARANTEE...AND NO EXPERT SEARCH FEES–ALL MONIES ARE APPLIED TO THE EXPERT'S ACTUAL WORK. Medilex...
Roger K Pitman, M.D. (Harvard Medical School)
Location: Massachusetts
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Pitman has been practicing psychiatry for more than 50 years. He is Certified in Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, and Brain Injury Medicine by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is...
Meghan Jain, M.D. (Expedient Medicolegal Services)
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Jain’s interest in psychiatry began as an undergraduate at USC where she majored in Neuroscience and graduated Magna Cum Laude. She then went onto Medical School at SUNY Downstate followed by a psychiatry...
Martin H Williams (Williams Forensic Mental Health Services (Offices in Northern and Southern California))
Location: California
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Martin H. Williams has offices in San Jose, Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento and San Diego. He has never failed to qualify as an expert in any Criminal, Civil or Administrative matter. He is...
Dale E. Panzer (Dale E. Panzer MD, Psychiatrist and Expert Witness)
Location: Pennsylvania
Areas of Expertise: Dale E. Panzer, M.D. is among the select few experts double-board certified in Psychiatry and Brain Injury Medicine. During his decades-long career, Dr. Panzer has served as a forensic evaluator and expert...
Jason Winston MD (HealthAdvise, LLC)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Jason A. Winston is a board-certified psychiatrist with over a decade of experience in private practice, specializing in comprehensive mental health care. He earned his MD from Vanderbilt University...
Lawrence Belcher, MD (Park Dietz & Associates, Inc., a nationwide, interdisciplinary forensic expert firm)
Location: Multiple Locations
Areas of Expertise: Lawrence Belcher, MD—board-certified in adult and forensic psychiatry—is a Forensic Psychiatric Expert with Park Dietz & Associates. Harvard-trained and a former faculty member of Harvard Medical School,...
Gregory P Brown (Gregory P Brown, M.D., Prof. Corp.)
Location: Nevada
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Brown has conducted thousands of forensic evaluations and rendered expert witness deposition or court testimony more than 80 times in civil and criminal cases for over 20 years. Dr. Brown testifies...
Psychiatry FAQs

What is a psychiatry expert witness?

A psychiatry expert witness is a professional with specialized knowledge who may be called to testify on diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental health disorders.

What is the role of a psychiatry expert witness?

A psychiatry expert witness provides testimony on mental health issues, including the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.

How much can a person make as a psychiatry expert witness?

Psychiatry expert witnesses may receive income in the potential ranges from $175 to $475 per hour or greater, depending on the whether testimony is involved. Some experts charge a flat fee per day for deposition or trial testimony.

What are the qualifications of a psychiatry expert witness?

Psychiatry expert witnesses should be licensed psychiatrists with experience in forensic psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, or related fields.

In a lawsuit, what type of evience is reviewed by a psychiatry expert witness?

A psychiatry expert witness in a lawsuit reviews evidence related to mental health, including medical records, psychological evaluations, and interviews with the plaintiff or defendant.

What type of cases might require opinions from a psychiatry expert witness?

Cases involving mental health issues such as insanity, competency to stand trial, and emotional distress may require opinions from a psychiatry expert witness. They can also provide insight into the effects of trauma and abuse.