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Thomas Gutheil, MD, Psychiatry, Boston, MA

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Psychiatry Boston, MA

Forensic Psychiatry

Professor of Psychiatry, Mass Mental Health Center

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  • Office

    75 Fenwood Rd
    Boston, MA 02115
    Phone+1 617-734-9519

Summary

  • Dr. Thomas Gutheil is a psychiatrist in Boston, MA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and has been in practice 50 years. He specializes in forensic psychiatry.

Education & Training

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Psychiatry, 1968 - 1971
  • Jacobi Medical Center
    Jacobi Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1967 - 1968
  • Harvard Medical School
    Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1967
  • Harvard College
    Harvard CollegeB.A., Cum Laude, 1963

Certifications & Licensure

  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1969 - 2025
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2020 - 2022
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Stuart T. Hauser MD, PhD mentorship award in psychiatry 2018
  • Red Apple Award American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 2017
  • Finalist, Joseph B. Martin Dean�s Leadership Award for the Advancement of Women Faculty 2014
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Critogenic harms in criminal law: What are they and how can they be prevented?  
    Joo, K, and Gutheil,T.G., Criminal Justice, 1/1/2017
  • A proposed model for assessing defendant competence to self-represent  
    White, M.M.S. and Gutheil, T.G., J Am Acad Psychiatry Law, 1/1/2016
  • Forty-five years of civil litigation against Canadian psychiatrists  
    Mela, M and Gutheil, T.G., Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Prison Art I: through the eyes of beholders.
    Harris V., Gutheil, T.G., Newlin, B., Annual Meeting, American Academy Psychiatry Law, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/1999
  • Prison Art II: what is seen and recognized.
    Harris V., Gutheil, T.G., Newlin, B., Annual Meeting, American Academy Psychiatry Law, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/1999
  • Informed consent and being sued.
    Goodheart, E.A., Commons, M.L., Gutheil, T.G. and Rodriguez, J., Research Day, Harvard Medical School, 1/10/1994
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Lectures

  • The physician in court: a survival guide. CME online course 
    Harvard Medical School, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 - 1/1/2019
  • Intensive Diagnostic Interviewing 
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts - 9/5/2012
  • Suicide risk and the pharmacological treatment of bipolar disorder: challenges and controversies. 
    1/1/2000

Other

  • Teaching movies for the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law. 
    Gutheil, T.G., Newsl Am Acad Psychiatry Law
    1/1/2012
  • Ethics in psychiatry: ethics in psychopharmacology; forensic ethics. 
    Gutheil, T.G., Audio-Digest Psychiatry
    1/21/2011
  • Testamentary Capacity and Guardianship. DVD Case Presentation. 
    Debra A. Pinals, M.D., Executive Producer and Director; Stephen L. Pinals, M.D., Thomas Gutheil, M.D., David M. Siegel, J.D., Contributors, Digital Multimedia Specialist
    1/1/2011
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Press Mentions

  • Where Can the Doctor Who’s Guided All the Others Go for Help?
    Where Can the Doctor Who’s Guided All the Others Go for Help?June 22nd, 2009
  • Where Can the Doctor Who’s Guided All the Others Go for Help?
    Where Can the Doctor Who’s Guided All the Others Go for Help?June 22nd, 2009