Specialties

Dr. Roberts began his career as a Neuropsychiatric Technician in the United States Army in 1972 and has been working in the field since that time. He has over 35 years of experience as a Forensic Psychologist and Neuropsychologist. 4000 cases and over 400 depositions, 100 trials. Brain injury, Personal Injury; Post Traumatic Stress; Wrongful Termination; Sexual Harassment; Disability; Discrimination; Drug & Alcohol; Toxic Exposure; Mental Capacities; Workplace injuries Testamentary Capacity; Malingering, NIED; IIED.

Degrees/Licenses

Lic. Psychologist PSY8334, CA Board of Psychology, Board Certified in Forensic Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP); Lic Psychologist, No 1647, Hawaii; Interjurisdictional Practice Cert (IPC); Professional Qualification in Psychology (CPQ).

Formal Education

Ph.D, M.A. California School of Professional Psychology

Reg/Lic

California and Hawaii

Honors/Awards

Board Certified, Forensic Psychology

Prof. Affil.

American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP)

Specialties

PTSD, Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Assessment of PTSD Symptom Validity and Malingering, Transportation Accidents, Mass Tort Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Will Contests, Testamentary Capacity, Undue Influence, Disability, Employment, Wrongful Termination, Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, Wrongful Death, Landlord/Tenant.

Degrees/Licenses

PhD, Clinical Psychology, CA License PSY5596.

Formal Education

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Clinical Psychology, University of California, San Francisco - Mount Zion Hosp., 1978; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, 1999; PhD in Clinical Psychology, Bowling Green State University, 1975; MA, Psychology, Queens College, City University of New York, 1973; BA, Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1968.

Reg/Lic

Psychologist CA PSY5596, Qualified Medical Examiner (QME) for Workers Compensation, California.

Previous/Current Position

Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco; Private Practice of Clinical and Forensic Psychology; Director, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program, Kaiser-South San Francisco; Principal Investigator, NIMH grant on diagnosis of psychiatric disorders, UCSF-Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, CA.

Honors/Awards

Life Member, American Psychological Association.

Prof. Affil.

American Psychological Association, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Society for Personality Assessment, American Society of Addiction Medicine, Society for Behavioral Medicine, Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco

Publications

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, 2014, Encyclopedia of Neurological Sciences, M.J. Aminoff & R.B. Daroff, (Eds.), Elsevier; Evidence-Based Forensic Psychological Assessment of Validity and Malingering of PTSD, 2018, Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; Invited Congressional Testimony on PTSD, U.S. House of Representatives, Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee, 110th Congress; Multi-Method Personality and Psychopathology Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2009.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment; Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy for Depression, E. E. Beckham, & W. R. Lieber (Eds.) Handbook of Depression: Treatment Assessment and Research, 1985, Dorsey Press; Stanford University Collaborative Project on Assessing Interpersonal Problems in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, 1991, in L. E. Beutler & M. Crago (Eds.). Psychotherapy Research, American Psychological Association Press.

Prior Expert

Approximately 300 civil cases, 230 depositions, testified at trial 20 times. Cases involving psychological injuries including PTSD, Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders, mild TBI, Transportation Accidents, Will Contests, Testamentary Capacity, Undue Influence, Medical Malpractice, Employment, Mass Tort Litigation.