About Robert Scott Johnson, MD, JD

Career Focus:
Robert Scott Johnson, MD, JD, LLM is board certified in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry (Harvard/Mass General).

• Civil forensic psychiatry matters relating to:
  • Assessment of Alleged Psychiatric Impairment (e.g. potentially feigned/malingered PTSD, cognitive impairment, depression)
  • Medical malpractice (deviation from standard of care) in Adult ADHD treatment
  • Testamentary Capacity
  • Stalking
• Corporate/university threat assessment
• The treatment of all psychiatric conditions with a specialization in:
• Adult ADHD and
• Binge Eating Disorder

• Pilot psychiatric evaluations for the FAA (ie. HIMS psychiatrist)

Career History:
While attending law school, Dr. Johnson interned with Justice Cook on the Supreme Court of Texas, then practiced law for five years with a large Chicago law firm before attending medical school. He completed his undergraduate work at Northwestern and Columbia, and medical school at Rutgers/UMDNJ. Dr. Johnson completed general adult psychiatric training at Baylor and a forensic psychiatry fellowship at Harvard/Mass General. He remains a licensed attorney in New York, and holds medical licenses in California, Massachusetts and Texas.

Click here for current CV:

As of early 2017, Dr. Johnson has authored twenty peer-reviewed articles (sixteen as first author, four as second author) and two book chapters. He has been published in academic journals such as Psychiatric Services, Psychiatric Quarterly, Academic Psychiatry, Current Psychiatry and the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.

Published Topics (selected):

• Stalking
• HIPAA/Patient Confidentiality and Testamentary Privilege
• Veteran PTSD and Depression
• Psychiatric Sexual Disorders/Paraphilias
• Fitness for Duty for Physicians, Pilots, Attorneys and Other Licensed Professionals
• Duty to Warn/Tarasoff Laws

National Conference Presentation Topics:

• Veterans’ Courts (Involving PTSD and Depression)
• Fitness for Duty for Physicians, Pilots, Attorneys and Other Licensed Professionals
• Forensic Psychiatric Education of Residents and Medical Students
• Mass Murderer Correspondence

Awards:
Dr. Johnson has been the recipient of twelve psychiatric awards (six of them national), for both research and teaching (see CV link).

Speaking:
Dr. Johnson has presented at Harvard/Mass General and Baylor on the following topics:

• Malingering/Lie Detection (plus standardized instruments)
• HIPAA/patient confidentiality and privilege
• Psychiatric malpractice/standard of care
• Violence risk assessment (plus standardized instruments)
• Suicide risk assessment (plus standardized instruments)
• Bipolar Disorder:
  • Psychopharmological treatment
  • Treatment options in pregnancy
• Psychosis (e.g. schizophrenia):
  • Psychopharmological treatment
  • Dementia, executive dysfunction testing
  • Psychiatric shelf examination review
  • Legal issues in psychiatry
  • Conducting a psychiatric interview

Psychiatric Association Membership:

• AAPL (American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law)
• APA (American Psychiatric Association)
• ATAP (Association of Threat Assessment Professionals)