TheresaRaquelDe Freitas NicholsonMD(She/Her)

Forensic Psychiatry

Attending Physician

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Theresa De Freitas Nicholson, MD, is a psychiatrist specializing in forensic psychiatry, based in New York, NY. She completed her residency in psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center from 2016 to 2020 and a fellowship in forensic psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine from 2020 to 2021. She served as an Attending Physician at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue from 2021-2024. Starting in 2024, she transitioned to a leadership role at Correctional Health Services at Rikers Island. Dr. De Freitas has been published in the field of neuroimaging with a study on the relationship between trust in neighbors and regional brain volumes, which has been cited by other publications seven times.

NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Forensic Psychiatry, 2020 - 2021
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 2016 - 2020
University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineClass of 2016

PubMed

6 citations
Relationship between trust in neighbors and regional brain volumes in a population-based study.
Mohona Sadhu, Theresa de Freitas Nicholson, Rogelio Garcia, Susana Fehr Lampley, Marian Rain
Psychiatry Research. Neuroimaging. 2019-04-30