Assessing the Truth: How Forensic Psychiatrists and Psychologists Evaluate Litigants
Drs. Levy and Roberts co-author featured article for San Francisco Attorney Magazine, Spring 2008.
Drs. Levy and Roberts co-author featured article for San Francisco Attorney Magazine, Spring 2008.
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Spring 2004
by Saul Rosenberg, PhD & Mark Levy, MD
When is a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Claim Legitimate...and When Is It Not?
by Mark I. Levy, M.D. Asst. Clinical Professor Psychiatry
University of California San Francisco
School of Medicine
(expanded version of article published in For the Defense, November 1995)
In prehistoric times, when our earliest ancestors lived in dread of their mortal enemy, the saber-toothed tiger, those cave men (and women) who were fortunate enough to be genetically endowed with the quickest “fight or flight” reactions survived, and became our ancestors. That’s where the story begins... a story which flourishes today in a medical-legal climate where Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) claims comprise a substantial and costly portion of personal injury and employment litigation....
Continue reading "STRESSING THE POINT: The Use of Experts in Psychological Injury Cases" »
This article is a reprint of the one which first appeared in the San Francisco Recorder on 07/24/96
Though recently protected from disclosure in the federal courts, therapists' records remain under siege by insurance companies
By: Mark Levy, M.D.
Confidentiality is the core of a patient/therapist relationship. Trust, the very foundation of therapy, is eroded by a threat to privacy.
Los Angeles Times 5/18/98
CAREERS / ADVERSITY AND CONFLICT
Employees and bosses sometimes reenact childhood family dynamics on the job. Is your workplace dysfunctional? Read up on these relating styles and find out.
By: SUSAN VAUGHN - SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The successful executive in psychiatrist Mark Levy's office was complaining of deja vu. "He had a critical father he couldn't please, who'd told him he was little and inconsequential," recalled the San Francisco-based psychoanalyst. "And now he found himself with a superior who was belittling him just as his father had. In response, he was becoming submissive and enraged, just like in childhood."
by Mark Levy, M.D.
This is the first in a series of articles about forensic psychiatry as it is utilized in civil litigation. In this article, I will describe how a forensic psychiatrist can be useful to trial attorneys in civil litigation whenever there are allegations of emotional damages.
Continue reading "Shrink in the Courtroom: Forensic Psychiatry and Law" »
By Mark I. Levy, M.D.
America today is plagued with a pandemic prejudice against those suffering with mental illness that is crippling our nation. Our society equates mental illness with moral weakness, causing individuals to deny their mental suffering out of fear that they will appear to be morally culpable for it. In so doing, we are telling these individuals that they are inadequate and not meeting socially acceptable standards
Continue reading "The Stigma of Mental Illness in the United States" »
by Mark I. Levy, MD, Deborah Michelle Sanders, Esq. and Stacy Sabraw
Psychology Today
December 2002
reprinted with permission
Summary: Postpartum mood disorders are more common than we realize: Up to 80 percent of new mothers experience mild depression within a year of giving birth. If the "baby blues" persist, depression can escalate to dangerous levels, influencing some women to experience psychosis and-in rare and tragic cases-to kill their offspring.
Continue reading "Moms Who Kill: When Depression Turns Deadly" »
Postpartum mood disorders are more common than we realize: Up to 80 percent of new mothers experience mild depression within a year of giving birth. If the "baby blues" persist, depression can escalate to dangerous levels, influencing some women to experience psychosis and--in rare and tragic cases--to kill their offspring.
San Francisco Attorney Magazine September 2001
Law.com November 29, 2001
Mark I. Levy, MD
Jonathan Mook, Esq.
Saul Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Although federal and state laws prohibit employment discrimination against individuals with physical and mental disabilities and require an employer to make reasonable accommodations for both kinds of disabilities, interpreting and implementing the law with regard to mental disabilities has proven very difficult. The process of diagnosing mental disorders such as like depression or anxiety, specifying the related functional impairments, and suggesting accommodations is inherently more complex than providing wheelchair access.
