Areas of Expertise:
Geriatric Psychiatry: Competency/Capacity & Forensic Psychiatry
Geriatric/Forensic Psychiatrist and Expert Psychiatric Witness in Mental Competence, Capacity, Legal & Health issues. Other areas of forensic and geriatric expertise: Mental Competence, Mental Capacity, Elder Abuse, Conservatorships, Guardianship, Testamentary Capacity, Competency to Stand Trial, Will Contests, Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Memory Disorders, Depression, Traumatic Brain Injury, Frontal Lobe Disorders, Long Term Care, Nursing Home, Undue Influence, Criminal Responsibility
Credentials:
Clinical Professor, UCLA. Board-certification in Psychiatry, and sub-specialties of Geriatric and Forensic Psychiatry. Fellowships in Neurobehavior and Geriatric Psychiatry. Physician licensed in California since 1979.
Summary of Experience:
Dr. Read is a board-certified psychiatrist with more than 20 years experience in all aspects of geriatric psychiatry. He has been retained as an expert in more than 400 cases and has been qualified in federal, California, and multiple other states as an expert, but who retains the experience of an active clinician.