Suicide Expert Witnesses in Massachusetts

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Suicide expert witnesses specialize in a variety of fields, including psychology, psychiatry, social work, counseling, and forensic medicine. Some of the most common specialties among suicide expert witnesses include clinical psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, substance abuse counseling, and trauma therapy. They have provided opinions on the effects of bullying, mental health disorders, substance abuse, traumatic events, and inadequate mental health care.

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Suicide  Grief  and Bereavement Counseling Expert WitnessView profile

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Suicide Grief and Bereavement Counseling Expert Witness

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Massachusetts

This expert has over 25 years of experience as a grief counselor, specializing in parental grief, child and adolescent grief, suicide bereavement and other complicated grief issues. He is author of a book covering grief and loss and numerous professional and popular publications. He is currently an international keynote speaker, consults to law firms, human service professionals, schools,...

Suicide Expert Witness FAQs

A suicide expert witness provides insight into the psychological factors, risk assessments, and standard care practices related to suicide cases. They can help determine liability in wrongful death lawsuits.

Cases involving wrongful death claims, medical malpractice, negligence in mental health treatment, or institutional liability often require the expertise of a suicide expert witness.

In medical malpractice cases, a suicide expert can evaluate if proper psychiatric care was provided, assess risk factors that were overlooked, and determine if there was a breach in duty of care.

Yes, some experts specialize in areas like adolescent suicide, military veteran suicide, prison suicides, or specific methods of suicide such as drug overdose.

They can assess whether healthcare providers failed to recognize warning signs or neglected their duty to protect patients from self-harm, thus violating patient's rights.

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