Forensic Psychiatrist

Expert forensic psychiatrists and criminal psychiatrists deliver accurate forensic evaluations, offering critical support for legal and criminal cases.

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Clinical & Forensic evaluations all over USA and Canada

How to find a Psychiatrist Expert Witness?

It is important to find an expert witness who will both understand your case & ethically work in the best interest of the client.

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About Dr. Gundu Reddy

Dr Gundu Reddy is a Board Certified Psychiatrist with ten years experience practicing forensic psychiatry and fifteen years experience practicing clinical psychiatry.

Dr Reddy has served as an expert witness in many high profile cases, both in the private and public sector, working for both plaintiff and defence. She has submitted over two hundred evaluations for court and has made over thirty courtroom appearances.

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Dr. Lynn Alison Bornfriend

Board Certified Psychiatrist with Multiple State Licenses (MD)
Licensed in: Illinois, South Carolina, California, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Hawaii.

Dr Bornfriend is a triple board-certified psychiatrist with 30+ years of experience trained first with four years in adult psychiatry before completing child psychiatry and now she treats both children and adults across Illinois, South Carolina, California, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Hawaii. 

She is passionate about supporting patients dealing with a variety of disorders, including:

  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder, separation anxiety, social anxiety disorder, phobias, panic disorder
  • Mood Disorders, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, major depressive disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, bipolar affective disorder and cyclothymia
  • OCD, body dysmorphic disorder, trichotillomania, excoriation
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
    Reactive Attachment Disorder, adoption-related issues
  • PTSD, acute stress disorder, adjustment disorder, prolonged grief disorder
  • Oppositional Defiant
  • Disorder, intermittent explosive disorder, conduct disorder
  • Eating Disorders, Sleep Disorders
  • Gender Dysphoria
  • Substance Dependence and Abuse
  • Psychiatric Disorders Secondary to Medical Illness

Dr Bornfriend considers all symptoms presented through the lens of the individual patient’s developmental stage, while also evaluating the impact of family dynamics, environment, academic experience, and developmental/genetic variants. She understands the shift in the importance of autonomy and self-determination as the child grows towards adulthood, assisting the patient and his/her family with active empathic listening and respectful communication.

She has worked with children and adolescents as well as their families, their schools, and the court systems in a variety of modalities from evaluation and diagnosis, medication management, and individual and family therapies, from a supportive, insight-oriented, and CBT/DBT and other modalities.

Dr Bornfriend’s patients have appreciated her varied experiences and training throughout her career. They appreciate her creativity, her warmth, her humor, her intellectual curiosity, and her ability to connect with a wide variety of patients, despite varied backgrounds and levels of psychological mindedness. She has formed long-term, long-lasting relationships with patients, which have hada dramatic impact on their current life experiences as well as their futures.

Medical School:

Pennsylvania State College of Medicine–Hershey, PA

Psychiatric Residency Program:

Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital–Dallas, TX

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship:

Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital–Dallas, TX

Board Certifications (American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology):

Psychiatry; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Forensic Psychiatry

Currently licensed in IL, SC, CA, PA, TN, and HI.
Registered State Licenses – 
  • SC – 92041
  • HI – MD-21936
  • PA – MD047115L
  • IL – 336.11763
  • IL – 036.154690
  • CA – 176663
  • TN – 75724

Dr. Beena Saad

Triple Board Certified Psychiatrist (MD)
Licensed in Multiple States: New York, New Mexico, California, and Rhode Island

Dr. Beena Saad is a triple-board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist. She has two fellowships in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Psychosomatic Medicine. She has a passion for treating pediatric psychiatric disorders, including:

  • Anxiety, OCD, Health Anxiety, and Panic Disorders
  • ADHD
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  • Depression, Childhood Bipolar Disorder, and Mood Disorders
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Pandas
  • Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Tic disorder in children
  • Childhood Schizophrenia
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Substance Abuse Disorders
  • Psychiatric disorders in children suffering from chronic pain and medical illness

Dr. Saad shows a strong commitment to understanding the emotional and developmental needs unique to children and adolescents. She believes in empowering children and their families using a collaborative and individualized approach.

Dr. Saad understands the challenges that children and teens experience. She considers factors like genetic predispositions, developmental history, family dynamics, and environmental influences while creating treatment plans.

As well as being proficient in psychopharmacology, Dr Saad is proficient in psychodynamic psychotherapy, childhood therapy, CBT, and supportive psychotherapy.

Dr Saad has treated many children and adolescents and helped countless families. She has also contributed to the fields of child and adolescent psychiatry by participating in significant research. Dr. Saad’s caring approach helps children deal with mental health issues and improve their academic performance, social skills, and personal lives.

Medical Education:

M.B.B.S. – Sind Medical College, Pakistan

Postgraduate Training:

Child Psychiatry Fellowship – University of New Mexico
Child Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship – Albert Einstein School of Medicine

Dr. Tony Issac

Double Board Certified Psychiatrist (MD)
Licensed in New York & New Jersey

Dr.Tony Issac is a double board-certified Psychiatrist with nine years of experience practicing psychiatry. He is certified in both general and addiction psychiatry. He provides discreet psychiatric evaluations such as:

  • Psychiatric evaluation for court
  • Psychiatric evaluation for professional licensing
  • Psychiatric evaluations for family court

Dr. Issac is also skilled in providing psychiatric care services including medication management, psychotherapy, and sensitive medication titration. He treats a wide range of psychiatric conditions including ADHD, depression, anxiety, OCD, bipolar disorder, insomnia, panic attacks, and schizophrenia.

  • Childhood Schizophrenia
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Substance Abuse Disorders
  • Psychiatric disorders in children suffering from chronic pain and medical illness

Dr. Saad shows a strong commitment to understanding the emotional and developmental needs unique to children and adolescents. She believes in empowering children and their families using a collaborative and individualized approach.

Dr. Saad understands the challenges that children and teens experience. She considers factors like genetic predispositions, developmental history, family dynamics, and environmental influences while creating treatment plans.

As well as being proficient in psychopharmacology, Dr Saad is proficient in psychodynamic psychotherapy, childhood therapy, CBT, and supportive psychotherapy.

Dr Saad has treated many children and adolescents and helped countless families. She has also contributed to the fields of child and adolescent psychiatry by participating in significant research. Dr. Saad’s caring approach helps children deal with mental health issues and improve their academic performance, social skills, and personal lives.

Medical Education:

M.B.B.S. – Sind Medical College, Pakistan

Postgraduate Training:

Child Psychiatry Fellowship – University of New Mexico
Child Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship – Albert Einstein School of Medicine

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Clinical Services: New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, California, Florida

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Forensic Psychiatry Services: All of the US and Canada

Psychiatrist Expert Witness Services

Family Law

Parental Alienation
Child Protective Services
Child Custody Evaluation

Civil Practice Law

PTSD
Civil Law Defense
Psychological Damage

Criminal Defense

Malingering
Insanity Defense
Fitness For Trial

Estate Law

Guardianship
Undue Influence
Testamentary Capacity

Medical Malpractice

Records Review
Standards of Care
Malpractice Defense

Risk Assessment

SORA RAI
Violence Risk
Fitness For Discharge

When would I need a Forensic Psychiatrist?

You may need a forensic psychiatrist or psychiatrist expert witness in areas of law such as:
Criminal defence, Family law, Undue influence, Guardianship, Mental health defence, fitness for duty, Sexual Offenders Registration, Fitness to work and personal injury.

  • You may need a psychiatrist expert witness in order to help a judge or jury or employer understand an individual ‘s mental illness, and mitigating factors that may affect their past and current behavior.
  • Sometimes the purpose of a forensic psychiatrist is to demonstrate that a client is no longer a danger to themselves or others, despite a history of mental illness, can make their own decisions, can return to work, drive, and other community privileges.
  • If you have been affected with mental illness , or are being treated for mental illness, you may need a psychiatrist expert witness to demonstrate that you have received treatment, that symptoms have resolved and it is safe for you to take care of your children.
  • A psychiatrist expert witness can be used in personal injury and medical malpractice defence. For example in the case of malingering , or when poor outcome to plaintiff occurs, despite standards of care being followed.

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Should I have my Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation in person or online?

Ultimately it is the quality, strength and credibility of the evaluation & testimony which determines outcome whether in person or online. Both can be equally effective.

  1. Video testimony is welcomed as the norm in courtrooms during the Covid​:
    Most forensic centers now have in house facilities for online forensic evaluations.
  2. Online forensic evaluations and testimony are now frequently replacing inpatient evaluations:
    Many individuals opt for a combination of online forensic psychiatric evaluation, and in-person court testimony for convenience, cost, and accessibility.
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How does a forensic psychiatric evaluation differ from a clinical psychiatric evaluation?

  • An online Forensic Psychiatry Evaluation and Testimony should be performed with the same care as an in-person testimony.

  • Exactly the same Professional Standards Apply for Video Evaluations as for in person evaluations.

  • An online evaluation is preferable when a client has to be interviewed multiple times, and when interviewing children or when the client lives a significant distance from the preferred expert.

  • A forensic psychiatric evaluation is usually longer and more thorough than a clinical psychiatric evaluation. This is because a forensic psychiatric evaluation considers legal factors as well as clinical factors.
  • A forensic psychiatric evaluation has to be written in a way that all relevant parties, including a judge and jury understand key factors, so that would include more details, and explanation of past and present events.
  • Review of medical records includes past symptoms and diagnosis, whether the treatment has been received, and if symptoms have resolved. A prior history of mental illness is not usually a contraindication for child custody unless an individual has not received treatment or symptoms have not resolved. Past or current mental illness is not a contraindication to child custody, providing the parent is not abusive to the child, is not neglecting the child and is not behaving in ways to endanger the child.
  • Description of substance abuse history including how long the parent has been sober, and what ongoing treatment has been received. Providing the parent is in remission and receiving treatment, a history of substance abuse is not necessarily a contraindication to child custody.
  • A forensic psychiatric evaluation may answer a particular question, for example, common questions include:
  • What biopsychosocial factors could have contributed to an individual committing a crime?
  • Were standards of care followed while evaluating and treating this individual’s mental illness?
  • Is this individual likely be a danger to their children or be at risk of harming their children if granted custody or allowed unsupervised visit? Does this individual have PTSD, and if so how have symptoms affected the course of their life ?
  • Does this individual have dementia, and if so do they still have capacity to make a will?
  • Is this individual , was was this individual vulnerable to have undue influence?
  • What is the SORA RAI score of an individual?
  • A forensic psychiatric evaluation and testimony will be subject cross examination in court and deposition so has to explain the evidence, how the expert came to their opinions and conclusions.
  • A forensic psychiatric evaluation has to explain the rationale for differences in opinion with prior evaluations and other clinicians and experts.
  • A forensic psychiatric evaluation usually includes a through review of past medical records and collateral information. Extra care must be taken to ensure that the evaluation is consistent with records and collateral, and discrepancies must be explained.

    A forensic psychiatric evaluation must take into account: malingering, bias, and conflict of interest especially when reviewing prior evaluations and collateral information.

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Advantages of using a Psychiatrist Expert Witness

A thoughtful expert witness evaluation can potentially:

  • Improve your chance of a fair hearing
  • Help a judge & jury understand important factors regarding your case
  • Save you legal fees
  • Accelerate the legal process
  • Facilitate out of Court Settlement
  • Reduce the Severity of your charges
  • Shorten your sentence
  • Help ensure your civil liberties
  • Facilitate child custody
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