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Peter Ash MD

  • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
    Professor
  • (404) 727-3287
  • pash01@emory.edu
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Academic Appointment

  • Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta
  • Associated Faculty, School of Law - Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University, Atlanta
  • Training Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Emory University, Atlanta

Education

Degrees

  • BA from Harvard University, Cambridge
  • MD from University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Research

Focus

  • Forensic child and adolescent psychiatry, especially adolescent violence. Jail diversion of mentally ill adult and child defendants.

Publications

  • When a Patient Is at Foreseeable Risk of Losing Decisional and Functional Capacity.
    J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 52 Page(s): 414 - 424
    12/12/2024 Authors: Dernbach MR; Ash P; Oyerinde E; Oldham MA
  • Attitudes of Forensic Fellowship Psychiatry Directors towards an Applicant Match.
    J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 52 Page(s): 304 - 310
    09/03/2024 Authors: Gupta DR; Candilis PJ; Choi O; Abi Zeid Daou M; Kapoor R; Cleary SD; Binder R; Ash P
  • A Systematic Review of Multisystemic Therapy in Adolescent Sex Offenders.
    J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 52 Page(s): 51 - 60
    03/11/2024 Authors: Satodiya R; Bied A; Shah K; Parikh T; Ash P
  • Jail-Based Competency Restoration Services in the United States: The Need, the Controversy, the Impact of COVID-19, and Implications for Future Treatment Delivery.
    Crim Justice Behav Volume: 50 Page(s): 216 - 234
    02/01/2023 Authors: Lewis DE; Ash P; Roberts VC; Schwenke TJ; Pagn-Gonzlez M; Egan GJ
  • A Jail-Based Competency Restoration Unit as a Component of a Continuum of Restoration Services.
    J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 48 Page(s): 43 - 51
    03/01/2020 Authors: Ash P; Roberts VC; Egan GJ; Coffman KL; Schwenke TJ; Bailey K
  • Children Are Different: Liability Issues in Working With Suicidal and Dangerous Youths.
    Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ) Volume: 17 Page(s): 355 - 359
    10/01/2019 Authors: Ash P
  • Forensic Psychiatry: Focus on Malpractice and Risk Management.
    Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ) Volume: 17 Page(s): 331
    10/01/2019 Authors: Ash P
  • Medicating During Pregnancy.
    Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ) Volume: 17 Page(s): 380 - 381
    10/01/2019 Authors: Coffman KL; Ash P
  • AAPL Practice Resource for the Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial.
    J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 46 Page(s): S4 - S79
    09/01/2018 Authors: Wall BW; Ash P; Keram E; Pinals DA; Thompson CR
  • AAPL Practice Resource for the Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation of Competence to Stand Trial.
    J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 46 Page(s): 373
    09/01/2018 Authors: Wall BW; Ash P; Keram E; Pinals DA; Thompson CH
  • MINORS' AUTONOMY IN FORENSIC CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PRACTICE
    Page(s): 87 - 100
    01/01/2018 Authors: Ash P
  • Evaluations of Juveniles in the Criminal Justice System
    Page(s): 387 - 400
    01/01/2018 Authors: Ash P
  • A Guide for Applying to Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship.
    Acad Psychiatry Volume: 41 Page(s): 793 - 797
    12/01/2017 Authors: Kelly M; Hearn J; McBride A; Daniels W; Ash P
  • WISE program analysis: Evaluating the first 15months of progress in a novel treatment diversion program for women.
    Behav Sci Law Volume: 35 Page(s): 540 - 549
    09/01/2017 Authors: Coffman KL; Shivale S; Egan G; Roberts V; Ash P
  • Unsolicited E-mails to Forensic Psychiatrists.
    J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 44 Page(s): 470 - 478
    12/01/2016 Authors: Friedman SH; Appel JM; Ash P; Frierson RL; Giorgi-Guarnieri D; Martinez R; Newman AW; Pinals DA; Resnick PJ; Simpson AIF
  • Oxford Textbook of Correctional Psychiatryedited by Robert Trestman, Ph.D., M.D., Kenneth Appelbaum, M.D., and Jeffrey Metzner, M.D. New York, Oxford University Press, 2015, 468 pp., $149.95 (hardcover).
    Am J Psychiatry Volume: 173 Page(s): 197 - 198
    02/01/2016 Authors: Ash P
  • Oxford Textbook of Correctional Psychiatry
    AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY Volume: 173 Page(s): 197 - 198
    02/01/2016 Authors: Ash P
  • AAPL Practice Guideline for the Forensic Assessment.
    J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 43 Page(s): S3 - 53
    06/01/2015 Authors: Glancy GD; Ash P; Bath EP; Buchanan A; Fedoroff P; Frierson RL; Harris VL; Hatters Friedman SJ; Hauser MJ; Knoll J
  • Adolescent female with withdrawal psychosis following abrupt termination of ziprasidone.
    Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry Volume: 21 Page(s): 165 - 168
    03/01/2012 Authors: Jacob MK; Ash P; Craighead WE
  • But he knew it was wrong: evaluating adolescent culpability.
    J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 40 Page(s): 21 - 32
    01/01/2012 Authors: Ash P
  • An annotated bibliography for the testifying child and adolescent psychiatrist.
    Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am Volume: 20 Page(s): 577 - 590
    07/01/2011 Authors: Ash P; O'Leary PJ
  • Commentary: Predicting aggression in youth.
    J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 39 Page(s): 180 - 182
    01/01/2011 Authors: Ash P; Alonso-Katzowitz J
  • Commentary: the mental status examination in the age of the internet--challenges and opportunities.
    J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 38 Page(s): 27 - 31
    01/01/2010 Authors: Metzner JL; Ash P
  • Venlafaxine-induced complex visual hallucinations in a 17-year-old boy.
    J Clin Psychiatry Volume: 70 Page(s): 601 - 603
    04/01/2009 Authors: Jacob MK; Ash P
  • Contemporary Issues in Family Law and Mental Health
    PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES Volume: 60 Page(s): 560 - 560
    04/01/2009 Authors: Ash P
  • Suicidal behavior in children and adolescents.
    J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv Volume: 46 Page(s): 26 - 30
    01/01/2008 Authors: Ash P
  • AAPL Practice Guideline for the forensic psychiatric evaluation of competence to stand trial.
    J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 35 Page(s): S3 - 72
    01/01/2007 Authors: Mossman D; Noffsinger SG; Ash P; Frierson RL; Gerbasi J; Hackett M; Lewis CF; Pinals DA; Scott CL; Sieg KG
  • Adolescents in adult court: does the punishment fit the criminal?
    J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 34 Page(s): 145 - 149
    01/01/2006 Authors: Ash P
  • Commentary: Risk markers for incompetence in juvenile defendants.
    J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 31 Page(s): 310 - 313
    01/01/2003 Authors: Ash P
  • Malpractice in child and adolescent psychiatry.
    Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am Volume: 11 Page(s): 869 - 885
    10/01/2002 Authors: Ash P
  • Reducing gun carrying by youth.
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med Volume: 155 Page(s): 330 - 331
    03/01/2001 Authors: Ash P; Kellerman AL
  • Personal computers in forensic psychiatry.
    J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 26 Page(s): 459 - 466
    01/01/1998 Authors: Ash P
  • Forensic child and adolescent psychiatry: a review of the past 10 years.
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry Volume: 36 Page(s): 1493 - 1502
    11/01/1997 Authors: Ash P; Derdeyn AP
  • Gun acquisition and use by juvenile offenders.
    JAMA Volume: 275 Page(s): 1754 - 1758
    06/12/1996 Authors: Ash P; Kellermann AL; Fuqua-Whitley D; Johnson A
  • Predictors of returning to work.
    Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 23 Page(s): 205 - 210
    01/01/1995 Authors: Ash P; Goldstein SI
  • Biased reporting by parents undergoing child custody evaluations.
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry Volume: 30 Page(s): 835 - 838
    09/01/1991 Authors: Ash P; Guyer MJ
  • The functions of psychiatric evaluation in contested child custody and visitation cases.
    J Am Acad Child Psychiatry Volume: 25 Page(s): 554 - 561
    07/01/1986 Authors: Ash P; Guyer M
  • Relitigation after contested custody and visitation evaluations.
    Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 14 Page(s): 323 - 330
    01/01/1986 Authors: Ash P; Guyer MJ
  • Court implementation of mental health professionals' recommendations in contested child custody and visitation cases.
    Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 12 Page(s): 137 - 147
    01/01/1984 Authors: Ash P; Guyer M
  • Involuntary abandonment: infants of imprisoned parents.
    Bull Am Acad Psychiatry Law Volume: 10 Page(s): 103 - 113
    01/01/1982 Authors: Ash P; Guyer M
  • INFLUENCES FROM PSYCHIATRIC-EDUCATION ON SUBSEQUENT CAREER CHOICE - WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO WORK IN STATE MENTAL-HOSPITALS AND THE SHIFT TO PRIVATE-PRACTICE
    JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC EDUCATION Volume: 5 Page(s): 285 - 294
    01/01/1981 Authors: ASH P; KNESPER DJ
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