Adam J. Goldyne, M.D.

Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry

 

3701 Sacramento Street, #131

San Francisco, CA 94118

Telephone:  (415) 826-9639

Fax: (866) 859-7611

email: agoldynemd@mac.com

 

Click to download a PDF of Dr. GoldyneÕs curriculum vitae

 

 

EXPERIENCE PERTINENT TO EXPERT CONSULTATION IN CIVIL CASES

 

á        Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco

 

á        Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, board certified in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry

 

á        Qualified Medical Examiner, State of California

 

á        trained at University of California San Francisco (medical training) and Columbia University (residency in psychiatry)

 

á        member of multiple professional organizations, including the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, the Northern California Psychiatric Society, the Association for Academic Psychiatry the American Psychoanalytic Association, and the American College of Psychoanalysts

 

á        extensive experience and expertise in psychiatry, with an active, current practice

 

á        highly active in teaching medical students and psychiatric residents at the University of California San Francisco

 

á        extensive experience consulting to both defense and plaintiffs attorneys in civil cases

 

á        experienced with report preparation, deposition, and trial testimony as an expert witness in legal matters

 

 

 

EXPERTISE WITH DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

 

á        Major Depressive Disorder

 

á        Bipolar Disorder

 

á        Anxiety Disorders, including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

 

á        Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders

 

á        Substance-Related Disorders

 

á        Eating Disorders

 

á        Borderline Personality Disorder and other Personality Disorders

 

á        a range of other psychiatric disorders

 

 

 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY

 

á        personal injury litigation


 

á        workerÕs compensation and mental injury


 

á        employment discrimination and harassment, including sexual harassment


 

á        psychiatric disability determinations, including those pertaining to the Americans with Disabilities Act


 

á        fitness for duty evaluations


 

á        assessment of mental competencies, including testamentary capacity


 

á        psychiatric diagnosis, psychotherapy, medication treatment

 

á        standard for care and malpractice in psychiatry, including:

 

- prescription of medications


 

- counseling, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis


 

- boundary violations


 

- sexual misconduct


 

- failure to treat


 

- suicide


 

- confidentiality


 

- use of seclusion and restraint


 

- involuntary commitment


 

- use of medication over objection