AlexanderRobin NicholasWestphalMDPhD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry

Associate Professor, Adjunct, Yale School of Medicine

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Office
34 Park St New Haven CT 06519
New Haven, CT 06519
Phone+1 203-936-8786

Fax+1 888-342-1837

I am a psychiatrist with fellowship training in child and forensic psychiatry on the faculty of Yale’s Division of Law and Psychiatry and the Yale Child Study Center. I am board certified in general, child and adolescent and forensic psychiatry. I have expertise in psychopharmacology for the population with developmental conditions, including autism, and intellectual disability. Additionally, I have expertise in risk assessment and management of problematic behaviors of the type that can lead to legal involvement.

Yale Graduate School of Arts and SciencesPhD, Investigative Medicine, 2008 - 2013
Yale UniversityPh. D., Investigative Medicine, 2013
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Forensic Psychiatry, 2011 - 2012
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005 - 2011
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 2005 - 2010
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown UniversityClass of 2005

PubMed

1 citations
Autism spectrum disorder, extremism and risk assessment.
Clare S Allely, Emma Jouenne, Alexander Westphal, Ekkehart Staufenberg, David Murphy
Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. 2024-04-01
1 citations
Editorial: Training in Autism Among First Responders.
Marc R Woodbury-Smith, Alexander Westphal, Rachel Loftin
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2024-04-01
1 citations
Understanding the Use of the Term "Weaponized Autism" in An Alt-Right Social Media Platform.
Christie Welch, Lili Senman, Rachel Loftin, Christian Picciolini, John Robison
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2023-10-01

Books/Book Chapters

Dulcan’s Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Chapter: Somatic Treatments: Alpha Adrenergics, Beta Blockers, Benzodiazepines, Buspirone, and Desmopressin
Scahill L, Poncin J, Westphal AEditors: Dulcan.American Psychiatric Publishing Inc., Arlington, VAEdition 1st,2010
Psychiatry
Chapter: Childhood Disorders: The Pervasive Developmental Disorders
McPartland J, Klin A, Westphal A, Volkmar FEditors: Tasman, Kay, Lieberman, First, Maj.Wiley and SonsEdition 3rd,2009
Autism Spectrum Disorders in Infants and Toddlers
Chapter: Medical Issues
Volkmar F, Westphal A, Gupta A. Weisner L.Editors: Chawarska, Volkmar, Klin.The Guilford Press2008

Other

On the Disconnect between Science and Society
Westphal A., IACAPAP Bulletin XVI
1/1/2005

Forensic Psychiatrist Continues His Testimony for the Defence at Minassian Van Attack TrialDecember 1st, 2020
Forensic Psychiatrist Continues Testimony at Alek Minassian Van Attack TrialNovember 27th, 2020