Find an Expert Witness

Forensic, General & Medical
Expert Witnesses

Psychiatry Expert Witness

Elissa P. Benedek, MD, FACP Forensic Psychiatric Associates

Elissa P. Benedek, MD, FACP Forensic Psychiatric Associates

440 N. Barranca Ave, #1946
Covina, California 91723
(415) 388-8040

Website https://fpamed.com/

► Contact Elissa P. Benedek, MD, FACP Forensic Psychiatric Associates

Expert WitnessForensic ExpertLitigation SupportSpeaker
Elissa P. Benedek, MD, FACP was the second woman to serve as President of the American Psychiatry Association. She has achieved a full professorship at both the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, as well as clinical professorship in Michigan State University.

Dr. Benedek's passion for education has led her to serve as an administrator of a pre-adolescent inpatient unit at the Center for Forensic Psychiatry. She has also published several books on child, adolescent and forensic psychiatry, in addition to numerous articles and book chapters.

Services

Dr. Benedek's expertise includes child sexual abuse, child custody, toxic torts, as well as employment issues such as wrongful termination and fitness to work. She has also testified multiple times in depositions and courts involving issues of incarceration, criminal responsibility, and competency.


Litigation Support Services

Dr. Benedek has testified numerous times in depositions and courts for plaintiff and defense attorneys including providing opinions on state prosecution issues of incarceration, criminal responsibility and competency.

Areas of Expertise

Profile

Dr. Benedek was only the second woman to serve as President of the American Psychiatry Association. She was born in Detroit, Michigan, received her M.D. degree (1960) from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, interned at Sinai Hospital in Detroit, Michigan and returned to the University of Michigan to train in general and child psychiatry (1961-1965). She later achieved a full professorship at both the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, and clinical professorship, Michigan State University.

Dr. Benedek's major interest has been in education, serving as an administrator of a pre-adolescent inpatient unit, Associate Director of Child Psychiatry and Training Director at the Center for Forensic Psychiatry. She has been a consultant to numerous agencies, including the Institute of Medicine, The President's Commission on Mental Health, the U.S. Secret Service, and the American Bar Association.

Dr. Benedek's activities with the American Psychiatric Association began in 1972 when she was a member of the Task Force on Women in Psychiatry. She has been and continues to be active in the American Psychiatric Association and served in various capacities. Since that time she has been an officer, member of and active participant in the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry; the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; the Michigan Council on Child Psychiatry; and the American College of Psychiatrist. She served as a Senior Examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and has published several books on child, adolescent, and forensic psychiatry, in addition to numerous articles and book chapters.

Dr. Benedek served as Secretary-Treasurer and Vice-President of the American Psychiatric Association, and President from 1990-1991. After her Presidency she established the American Psychiatric Foundation and either chaired or served on additional American Psychiatry Association components including the Ethics Committee, the Committee on Disasters, the Council on Psychiatry and the Law. She has consulted to Courts and attorneys and organizations on many forensic issues including child sexual abuse, child custody, toxic torts, as well as many employment issues such as wrongful termination, fitness to work, and testified numerous times in depositions and courts for plaintiff and defense attorneys including providing opinions on state prosecution issues of incarceration, criminal responsibility and competency.

Dr. Benedek has been an independent contractor to fpamed since 2023.

Areas Served

Nationwide

Professional References

References available upon request.




Find an Expert Witness