About

Dr. James Reich

  • Brief Bio

    Dr. James Reich is a board-certified forensic psychiatrist with extensive civil psychiatry experience who has done hundreds of evaluations. After getting his M.D. from the University of Colorado Medical Center in Denver Dr. Reich earned his MPH at Yale University and did his psychiatric residency at UC Davis. Dr. Reich has held academic positions at Yale, Iowa, Harvard and Brown universities.  Currently he has teaching appointments at the professor level at both UCSF and Stanford. Throughout his career, he has published over a hundred peer-reviewed publications. He has been deposed over 50 times.

  • Qualifications

    I. Education

    1973 BA.   University of California, Berkeley

    1978 MD.   University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver

    1984 M.P.H.   Yale University, Department of Epidemiology

    1993 MA.   Brown University (ad eundem) (honorary)


    II. Postdoctoral Training

    Internship and Residencies:

    1978-82   Psychiatry Resident, Univ. of Cal., Davis Medical Center


    Research Fellowships: 

    Student Fellow of Psychiatry University of Colorado Medical Center

    N.I.M.H. Research Fellow in Psychosocial Epidemiology, Yale University

    Public Policy Fellowship: Bush Fellow in Public Policy, Yale University


    III. Current Academic Appointments

    1999-present   Adjunct Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Stanford Med Center

    1997-present   Associate Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, UCSF Med Center


    IV. Forensic Experience

    Dr. Reich is board certified in forensic psychiatry, has done hundreds of evaluations with written reports and has been deposed over 50 times. 


    V. Publications

    Over 100 hundred publications in peer reviewed journals. His articles have been cited over 4800 times.


    VI. Honors

    Listed American Men and Women of Science, 1989 

    Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 1996

    Founder’s Prize, Association for Research in Personality Disorders (ARPD), 2007

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Dr. Reich's Work

Over the years, Dr. Reich has produced many works and peer-reviewed articles about a wide variety of topics. Below are some selected works from Dr. James Reich. Click on an area to view articles.
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