KaizadPShroffMD

Summary

• Dr. Kaizad Shroff completed psychiatric training at Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago and went on to specialize in child and adolescent psychiatry at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, Albert Einstein University, New York.
  
  After completion of training, he was then Board Certified as a Diplomate in the specialty of Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
  
  Dr. Shroff is concurrently Board Certified as a Diplomate in the subspecialty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
  
  Being a member of the APA, AACAP, AAAP and AAPI has helped him stay involved with the newest changes and latest studies in psychiatry. He is on the panel to review articles for the Journal of the American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Journal of Psychiatry.
  
  Having lectured in numerous Grand Rounds, he further has an international poster presentation on the subject of ADHD and has been mentioned in the Wall Street Journal. He enjoyed being a part of an initiative to educate families that was mentioned in the New York Times and USA Today, in May 2011.
  
  His practice philosophy is to try and provide the best possible psychiatric care in a professional and caring environment.
  
  Dr. Shroff is a huge advocate when it comes to destigmatizing mental health treatment and is comfortable answer questions from journalists and reporters about different mental illnesses and practical safe ways to treat them.

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COLUMBUS, Ga. — While digging into the background of LaFayette shooter John “Rusty” Houser, WRBL uncovered a Georgia law that might raise some eyebrows.
We worked hard to confirm that if a person in the state of Georgia is involuntarily committed for mental health issue, that record expires after five years with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. What’s more is it also expires in the system that checks whether or not a person can legally buy a gun.
According to the FBI, once the five year period has expired for a mental health entry, the state of Georgia cancels it and it’s no longer available in the NICS – or National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
The FBI said making information available for the NICS is voluntary for state agencies. Therefore, once the entry has been cancelled by the state of Georgia, the FBI no longer maintains that NCIS entry for that person.

According to the FBI, once a person is prohibited from purchasing a gun because of a disqualifying mental health record, they will be federally prohibited for life. That is, unless they apply and receive relief from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or if they can get relief from the state.
Mental health professionals in Columbus said no law is perfect.
“What the legislators are probably trying to do is achieve a balance because people get involuntarily committed for a variety of reasons, “said Dr. Kaizad Shroff, a psychiatrist at Rivertown Psychiatry. “This is sort of an attempt to get some control of a situation that is potentially catastrophic because a lot of studies will show that people who get regular care tend to do better.”
Dr. Shroff said to be involuntarily committed is a serious matter. He said it’s the taking away of one’s rights.
“They have to have expressed or shown very clear signs that they are either suicidal or homicidal or that they cannot take care of themselves,” Shroff said.
But to limit their ability to buy a gun forever is a slippery slope.
“You cannot commit one way or another,” Shroff said. “As I said, is this the best piece of legislation that is going to make sure that we’re all safe? No one knows. But it is a step in trying to limit the ability for someone to walk in when they’re not well and do something that they will later regret and the whole community regrets later.”
Dr. Shroff said adding a step to the law might be helpful.
“So it’s not a binding five year and then it’s done,” he said. “But it could be a ‘so-many-year’ thing and then if that person wants a gun, they have to go in for an assessment and someone will decide at that point if they’re dangerous or not.”
 
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