RockshengZhongMDMHS

Summary

• Rocksheng Zhong, MD, MHS is Associate Professor and Director of Forensic Services in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch, as well as Lecturer in the Law and Psychiatry Division of the Yale School of Medicine. His research focuses on the intersection of psychiatry, law, and ethics, with particular emphasis on decision-making capacity and competence. He has written, taught, and presented on issues concerning medical ethics and mental health ethics, including informed consent, physician aid in dying, guardianship, and remorse. He has experience working in academic, community mental health, rural, and telehealth settings and formerly served as Medical Director of Northern Arizona for Southwest Behavioral and Health Services. Dr. Zhong currently maintains a full-time practice in general and forensic psychiatry at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He treats patients with mental illness, such as major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, trauma-related disorders, anxiety disorders, and personality disorders. He also provides expert consultation to attorneys and courts about cases involving psychiatric disorders, addiction, and behavioral health problems. He has experience and training in a range of forensic topics, including competence to stand trial, criminal responsibility, insanity defense, sentencing mitigation, risk assessment, civil commitment, testamentary capacity, guardianship, psychiatric malpractice, disability, and fitness for duty.