KathleenMaryPatchanMD

Forensic Psychiatry

Attending Psychiatrist

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I am a board-certified forensic psychiatrist with solid experience in treating adult patients involved in the legal system. I also have experience in public policy research, editing and publishing in academic journals, and teaching medical students. I have worked as a clinical psychiatrist treating adults and children and as a clinical psychiatrist and forensic evaluator in a maximum-security forensic hospital.

University of MarylandFellowship, Forensic Psychiatry, 2015 - 2016
University of Maryland/Sheppard PrattResidency, Psychiatry, 2011 - 2015
University of Maryland School of MedicineClass of 2011
University of Maryland, College ParkB.S., Cell and Molecular Biology/Genetics, 1994 - 1999
University of Maryland, College ParkB.A., History, With Honors, 1994 - 1999

Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association American Psychiatric Association, 2018
Rose Memorial Award 2014
Mensa Scholarship 2008
Maryland Delegates Henry Heller & Benjamin Kramer Scholarship 2007
Maryland Delegate Roger Manno Scholarship 2007
Government Employees’ Benefit Association (GEBA) Scholarship 2007
USA Funds Access to Education Scholarship 2007
Institute of Medicine Rookie Award 2003
Sigma Alpha Omicron (Microbiology Honors Society) 1998
Phi Kappa Phi 1997
Wesley G. Gewehr Phi Award from the Department of History 1996
University Honors College Scholarship and Citation 1995
Lavina Engle Scholarship 1995
Coca-Cola National Academic Scholarship 1994
Long and Foster Academic Scholarship 1994
Silver Spring Women’s Society Scholarship 1994
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PubMed

20 citations
The risk of suicide after clozapine discontinuation: Cause for concern.
Kathleen M. Patchan, Charles M. Richardson, Gopal Vyas, Deanna L. Kelly
Annals of Clinical Psychiatry. 2015-11-01
19 citations
Clozapine in Reducing Aggression and Violence in Forensic Populations
Kathleen M. Patchan, Gopal Vyas, Ann L. Hackman, Marie Mackowick, Charles M. Richardson
The Psychiatric Quarterly. 2018-03-01
15 citations
The role of social media networks in psychotic disorders: a case report
Nithin Krishna, Bernard A. Fischer, Moshe Miller, Kelly Register-Brown, Kathleen M. Patchan
General Hospital Psychiatry. 2013-09-01

Journal Articles

Schizophrenia Clinical Symptom Differences in Women vs Men With and Without a History of Childhood Physical Abuse
Kelly D, Rowland L, Sullivan K, Earl A, Raley H, Liu F, Patchan K, Feldman S, McMahon R, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 1/1/2016
The Risk of Suicide after Clozapine Discontinuation: Cause for Concern
Patchan KM, Richardson C, Vyas G, Kelly DL, Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 1/1/2015
New Chairman of Psychiatry at University of Maryland Interview with Professor Bankole Johnson
Patchan K, The Maryland Psychiatrist, 1/1/2015
Women’s Mental Health and Wellness
Patchan K, American Journal of Psychiatry – Residents’ Journal, 1/1/2014
Patient-Centered Medical Homes: An Interview with Anita Everett, MD
Patchan K, The Maryland Psychiatrist, 1/1/2014
The Role of Social Media Networks in Psychotic Disorders: A Case Report
Krishna N, Fischer BA, Miller M, Register-Brown K, Patchan K, Hackman A, General Hospital Psychiatry, 1/1/2013
Healing in the Age of Homelessness
Patchan, K, Virtual Mentor, 1/1/2009
Finding Home at Christ House in Washington, DC
James E, Patchan K, Advance for Nurses, 1/1/2007
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Lectures

The American Journal of Psychiatry Residents' Journal: How to Get Involved
Toronto, Canada - 1/16/2015
Cultural Diversity Day: A Resident Initiative Combining Culture, Education, and Activism
San Francisco, CA - 1/30/2014
The use of pharmacological agents to improve sleep in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD - 1/1/2014
Introducing Student Doctors to Community Psychiatry and Serious Mental Illness
Philadephia, PA - 1/10/2013
Telling the Tale: Using Story-Telling to Facilitate Education in Psychiatry Clerkships
New York, NY - 1/4/2012
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Other

“Citizen Supplicants”: The Efforts of Puerto Rico and Hawaii in Obtaining Sheppard-Towner Funding, 1921–1929 (Honors History Thesis)
Patchan K, University of Maryland at College Park
1/1/1999