About

Education

University of Southern California: Los Angeles, California
Forensic Fellow – USC Institute of Psychiatry, Law & Behavioral Science
Department of Psychiatry, 2002

University of California, Irvine: Orange, California
Resident – Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, 2001
Intern – Departments of Medicine, Neurology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry and Human Behavior, 1998

University of Kansas School of Medicine: Kansas City, Kansas
M.D. 1997

University of Kansas: Lawrence, Kansas
B.A. 1993
Major: Microbiology

Licensure

California
New York
DEA

Certification

Board Certified in Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Board Certified in Addiction Medicine, American Board of Preventive Medicine.

Current Occupation

Private Practice. Clinical and Forensic Psychiatry.

Medical Director. New Found Life.

Expert Reviewer. Medical Board of California.

Psychiatric Consultant. Psychotropic Medication Technical Assistance Program. Judicial Council of California.

Psychiatrist. Orange County Family Law Panel.

Independent Psychiatric Examiner. California Public Employees’ Retirement System.

Professional Experience

Academic Appointments and Administrative Psychiatry

Clinician. Quality Measures Development Initiative. American Psychiatric Association. June 2019 – May 2021.

Review Editor. Frontiers in Forensic Psychiatry. March 2011 – June 2017.

Dsm-5 Field Trials Collaborating Physician Investigator. American Psychiatric Association. March 2011 – January 2012.

Clinical Instructor. University of Southern California School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Law and Behavioral Science, Los Angeles, CA. July 2001 – June 2002. Supervision and teaching of residents and medical students performing forensic evaluation and testimony.

Resident Clinical Forensic Instructor. University of California, Irvine College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Orange, CA. July 2000 – July 2001. Supervision and teaching of junior psychiatry residents and medical students performing and learning forensic psychiatry.

Resident Chairman of The Quality Assurance and Maintenance Committee University of California, Irvine College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Orange, CA. July 1999 – July 2000. Management of physician and patient concerns at the UCI Neuropsychiatric clinic.

Co-Chairman of Morning Report. University of California, Irvine College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Orange, CA. July 1999 – July 2000. Supervision of on-call patient sign out and teaching of junior psychiatry and neurology residents.

Clinical Psychiatry

Consulting Psychiatrist. The Center for Discovery and Adolescent Change. Downey, Lakewood, and Long Beach, CA. May 2002 – November 2003. Evaluation and treatment of adolescents with eating disorders and addictions in a residential treatment setting.

Staff Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. Children’s Outpatient Clinic. Pacific Clinics, Orange and Santa Ana, CA. October 2000 – July 2001. Evaluation and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents in Orange County, CA.

Staff Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. Children’s Day Treatment and Assessment Center. Pacific Clinics, Santa Ana, CA. October 2000 – February 2001. Evaluation and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents in Orange County, CA.

Staff Psychiatrist. Pacific Clinics, Orange, CA. August 2000 – October 2000. Evaluation and treatment of severe and chronic mental illness in adults in Orange County, CA.

Forensic Psychiatry

Social Security Panel Psychiatrist. Orange and Los Angeles Counties, CA. Consultative psychiatric examinations assessing the impact of a mental impairment on the claimant’s functioning for the Departments of Social Services, Rehabilitation, and Employment Development. August 2000 – September 2010.

Consulting Psychiatrist. Department of the Coroner, Los Angeles, CA. July 2001 – June 2002. Forensic psychiatric autopsy investigation for the Forensic Medical Division.

Consulting Psychiatrist. Department of Mental Health of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA. July 2001 – June 2002. Evaluation and treatment of incarcerated mentally ill adult outpatients at the Inmate Reception Center, Twin Towers Correctional Facility.

Consulting Psychiatrist. Los Angeles County Superior Court D95, Los Angeles, CA. July 2001 – June 2002. Evaluation of criminal and mentally ill defendants on the day of their hearing providing recommendations and testimony to the court on issues including competency to stand trial, drug addiction, LPS conservatorship, and restoration of competency and firearms.

Forensic Psychiatrist. LAC + USC Medical Center Ingleside Campus, Rosemead, CA. July 2001 – June 2002. Civil commitment evaluations and testimony as an expert witness for mentally ill inpatients at Los Angeles County Superior Court D95.

Group Therapy Leader. Department of Health Services, LAC + USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. July 2001 – 2002. Evaluation and treatment of sex offenders.

Member, Los Angeles County Superior Court Expert Panel of Psychiatrists. LAC + USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. July 2001 – June 2002. 730 E.C. evaluations and testimony including competency to stand trial and for decision-making, civil commitment, dangerousness, diminished intent, disability, domestic relations, drug addiction, fitness, harassment, insanity, personal injury, placement, psychiatric evaluation for treatment, relationship between parent and child, restoration of competency, sex offender evaluations, and trial strategy.

Resident Psychiatrist. University of California, Irvine. Orange, CA. July 2000 – July 2001. Forensic evaluations and testimony as an expert witness for mentally ill inpatients at Orange County Superior Court L53.

Research and Presentations

Books

Lavid N. 2018. Amateur Boxing: Mental Stress & Strength. NEL Books, Long Beach.

Lavid N. 2003. Understanding Stuttering. University Press of Mississippi, Jackson.

Book Chapters

Lavid N, 2008. “Forensic Psychiatric Examination of the Noncompliant Examinee: Application of Computerized Content Analysis;” Computerized Content Analysis of Speech and Verbal Texts. Eds. Gottschalk, LA. & Bechtel , RJ. Chapter 12: 133-40. Nova Science Publishers, New York.

Lavid N, Gottschalk L, Bechtel R. 2005. “Computerized measurement of neuropsychiatric traits in adolescents with eating disorders;” Adolescent Eating Disorders. Ed. Swain, P. Chapter 1: 1-11. Nova Science Publishers, New York.

Invited Publications

Lavid N. 2009. The Psychiatric Autopsy and Its Application in Law. Expert Article, Atrium Psychological Group Monthly Newsletter Vol 5, Issue 3.

Lavid N. 2005. Serotonin-dopamine antagonists in the treatment of stuttering. International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference.

Lavid N. 2002. The relevance of speech therapy: A physician’s viewpoint from a clinical and neuroscience perspective. International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference.

Refereed Publications

Reviewer. 2017. Practice Guidelines for the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder. American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC.

Lavid N. 2008. “Ask the Expert” column on Akathisia for Medscape Psychiatry and Mental Health. www.medscape.com.

Reviewer. 2006. Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Eating Disorders, 3rd edition. American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC.

Lavid N, Grayden T, Gottschalk L, Bechtel R. 2002. Computerized Analysis of Refusal of Treatment: A Preliminary Study of the Influence of Neuropsychiatric Traits on Judicial Decision. American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry; 23 (3): 55-69.

Lavid N. 2000. The Interface of Neuropsychiatric Disorders in the Elderly. Resident & Staff Physician; Oct. 23-26.

Lavid N, Budner L. 2000. Review of the Pharmacological Treatment of Delirium in the Pediatric Population with Accompanying Protocol. The Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry; 15 (1): 25-33.

Lavid N, Franklin DL, Maguire GA. 1999. Management of Child and Adolescent Stuttering with Olanzapine: Three Case Reports. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry; 11 (4): 233-236.

Lavid N, DePaolis D, Pope T, Hinson G, Munns S, Batnitzky S, Wetzel L, Wilkinson S, Gordon M. 1996. Analysis of Three-Dimensional Computerized Representations of Articular Cartilage Lesions. Investigative Radiology; 31 (9): 577-585.

Refereed Abstracts

Lavid N, Franklin DL, Maguire GA 2000. The Treatment of Adult Stuttering with Olanzapine: An Open Label Prospective Analysis. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, May 13-18, Chicago, IL.

Selected Presentations

“How Do Psychotropic Medications Affect Youth?” Faculty, Beyond the Bench 23: User Experience Conference, Judicial Council of California, Center for Families, Children & the Courts, Anaheim, CA – December 3, 2015.

“Rule 3-110 and Substance Abuse: A Judicial Perspective.” Panelist, State Bar of California 2015 Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA – October 11, 2015.

“How to Explain Mental Illness to Those Who Do Not Know: Focusing on Depression and Bipolar Disorders.” Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Orange County, Educational Meeting – September 21, 2015.

“Substance Abuse Issues in Custody Litigation.” with Jason M. Schwartz, CFLS and Courtney L. Shepard, CFLS for Orange County Chapter of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists, Orange, CA, November 17, 2014.

“Attorney as Patient: The Neuroscience of Addiction.” Newport Harbor Bar Association, Newport Beach, CA – April 9, 2014.

“Depression: An Understanding from Antiquity to the Present.” Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance Orange County, Educational Meeting – February 18, 2013.

“The Neuroscience of Addiction: It’s Implication in Treatment.” Saint Yared General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – December 28, 2011.

“Legal Aspects of Psychiatric Treatment: Involuntary Hospitalizations and Medications.” NAMI Orange County Educational Meeting – February 10, 2011 & November 12, 2009.

“Neuroscience of Addiction and the Legal Implications in the Treatment of Addiction.” NAMI Orange County Educational Meeting – May 13, 2010.

“Attorney as Patient: The Neuroscience of Addiction.” AttorneyCredits.com – Continue Legal Education Course, first posted – March 2010.

“The Psychiatric Autopsy and Its Application in Law.” AttorneyCredits.com – Continue Legal Education Course, first posted – January 2010.

“Competency and Insanity,” Dynamics of Addiction and Criminal Behavior Course. Loyola Marymount University, Guest Lecture – April 3, 2008.

“The Disability Determination Process: Focus on the Social Security Administration Programs.” University of California, Irvine, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Grand Rounds – February 25, 2003.

“Understanding Stuttering: Discoveries in the Neurosciences.” Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, Department of Psychiatry, Grand Rounds – October 26, 2001.

“A History of the Western Conceptualization of the Mind and its Implications in Medicine.” Long Beach Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Long Beach, CA, Department of Psychiatry, Grand Rounds – December 15, 2000.

“Review of the Pharmacological Treatment of Delirium in the Pediatric Population with Accompanying Protocol.” University of California, Irvine, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Grand Rounds – July 11, 2000.

“Analysis of Three-Dimensional Computerized Representations of Articular
Cartilage Lesions.” University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, Student Research Forum – April 11, 1996.

“Comparison of the structural integrity of genetically engineered beta subunit from the chloroplast ATP synthase with the native beta subunit.” University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, Summer Research Symposium – July 26, 1992.

Television and Radio

“A Look Inside.” Nathan Lavid, MD and Tom Grayden, MD, A review of the Andrea Yates case, September 20, 2002 KUCI 88.9 FM.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.

Orange County Psychiatric Society.

Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association.