
George W Woods Jr. MD
Chief Scientific Officer Crestwood Behavioral Health
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1000 Brannan Street400San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone+1 415-503-3959
Fax+1 866-646-0509
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Summary
- Dr. Woods is the Immediate Past President of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health. He has been asked to serve as Secretary General to the International Academy of Law and Mental Health during its amalgamation with the Institute of Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health at the Sorbonne, Paris, France. He is also Deputy Chairperson of the Challenging Behaviors Special Interest Research Group of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disorders (IASSIDD)
George has worked with legal teams dealing with complex criminal and civil litigation. He has also worked with corporations like Vulcan Industries on educational initiatives, and Microsoft and Walmart on psychometrically and culturally competent employment testing procedures. H. He is currently Director of Clinical/Forensic Services at Forefront Behavioral Telecare, specializing in delivering telepsychiatric care to rural nursing facilities.
A faculty member of New York City’s Practising Law Institute (PLI), where he teaches accommodation issues of the American Disability Act and the assessment of workplace violence, George is also a Lecturer at the University of California-Berkeley School of Law, and Adjunct Professor at Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. George is a Principal in FreedmanJohnsonWoods Education. FreedmanJohnsonWoods conducts a cutting edge webinar series, Where Mental Health Meets the Law, for Thomson Reuters Publishing Company. He also maintains an active neuropsychiatric practice in Oakland, California.
His current passion is bringing his deep understanding of brain functioning and its impact on behavior to technological solutions in medicine, neuropsychiatry, and business.
Education & Training
- Clinical Center at the National Institutes of HealthFellowship, Geriatric Medicine, 1982 - 1983
- Sutter Health/California Pacific Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1978 - 1981
- Alameda Health System-Highland HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1977 - 1978
- University of Utah School of MedicineClass of 1977
- Westminster College - UtahB.A., 1969
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1979 - 2027
- WA State Medical License 2018 - 2027
- AZ State Medical License 2018 - 2026
- LA State Medical License 2018 - 2026
- MI State Medical License 2019 - 2026
- MO State Medical License 2018 - 2026
- TN State Medical License 2018 - 2026
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Alumni of the Year University of Utah Medical Center, 2018
- Presdent International Academy of Law and Mental Health, 2015-2017
- Outstanding Professor Award, Goodrich Program, Department of Public Policy University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1993
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsThe developing significance of context and function: Neuroscience and law.David Freedman, George W. Woods
Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 2018-07-01 - 21 citationsIntellectual disability as a disorder of reasoning and judgement: the gradual move away from intelligence quotient-ceilings.Stephen Greenspan, George W. Woods
Current Opinion in Psychiatry. 2014-03-01 - 17 citationsNeighborhood Effects, Mental Illness and Criminal Behavior: A Review.David Freedman, George W. Woods
Journal of Politics and Law. 2013-09-01
Journal Articles
- Justice For The Mentally Ill: The ABA Criminal Justice Mental Health Standards Disclosing Danger and Other Real-World IssuesWoods GW, The American Bar Association and UC Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly and Race and Poverty Law Journal, 1/1/2016
- Intellectual disability is “a condition, not a number”: Ethics of IQ cut-offs in psychiatry, human services and lawGreenspan, Harris, and Woods, Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health, 1/1/2015
- Symptom presentation and functioning in neurodevelopmental disorders: Intellectual disability and exposure to traumaWoods, Freedman, Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters
Lectures
- Criminal Law and Mental Illness: The Rising Significance of Neuroscience in the CourtsWashington, D.C. - 1/1/2017
- Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Physical Disease1/1/2017
- Culture, Science, and Justice: People of Color and the Mentally Ill as the Canaries in our Toxic Mental Health and Mass Incarceration System1/1/2017
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Other
- Burnout and Compassion Fatigue: What Lawyers Need to KnowNorton, Johnson, Woods, The University of Missouri Kansas City Law Review
1/1/2016 - Cognition and Aging: Impact in the WorkplaceWoods, Paul Hastings Global
1/1/2016 - Treat or Assess: Which Hat Should Your Expert Wear?Woods, Practising Law Institute
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Press Mentions
- Verify: Suicide Rates and Black Health & WellnessFebruary 9th, 2022
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