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George Woods Jr., MD, Psychiatry, San Francisco, CA

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Psychiatry San Francisco, CA

Chief Scientific Officer Crestwood Behavioral Health

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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.
  • The Constitutional Implications of Ebola: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

    University of California, Irvine, School of Law

    George Woods - FASD and criminal justice - Speech

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Education & Training

  • Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health
    Clinical Center at the National Institutes of HealthFellowship, Geriatric Medicine, 1982 - 1983
  • California Pacific Medical Center
    California Pacific Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1978 - 1981
  • Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital
    Alameda Health System-Highland HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1977 - 1978
  • University of Utah School of Medicine
    University of Utah School of MedicineClass of 1977
  • Westminster College - Utah
    Westminster College - UtahB.A., 1969

Certifications & Licensure

  • AZ State Medical License
    AZ State Medical License 2018 - 2026
  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 2018 - 2026
  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 2019 - 2026
  • LA State Medical License
    LA State Medical License 2018 - 2025
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1979 - 2025
  • WA State Medical License
    WA State Medical License 2018 - 2025
  • MO State Medical License
    MO State Medical License 2018 - 2025
  • 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

Journal Articles

  • Justice For The Mentally Ill: The ABA Criminal Justice Mental Health Standards Disclosing Danger and Other Real-World Issues  
    Woods 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 law  
    Greenspan, Harris, and Woods, Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health, 1/1/2015
  • Symptom presentation and functioning in neurodevelopmental disorders: Intellectual disability and exposure to trauma  
    Woods, Freedman, Ethics, Medicine, and Public Health, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

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Lectures

  • Criminal Law and Mental Illness: The Rising Significance of Neuroscience in the Courts 
    Washington, D.C. - 1/1/2017
  • Neuropsychiatric Aspects of Physical Disease 
    1/1/2017
  • Culture, Science, and Justice: People of Color and the Mentally Ill as the Canaries in our Toxic Mental Health and Mass Incarceration System 
    1/1/2017
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Other

  • Burnout and Compassion Fatigue: What Lawyers Need to Know 
    Norton, Johnson, Woods, The University of Missouri Kansas City Law Review
    1/1/2016
  • Cognition and Aging: Impact in the Workplace 
    Woods, Paul Hastings Global
    1/1/2016
  • Treat or Assess: Which Hat Should Your Expert Wear? 
    Woods, Practising Law Institute
    1/1/2016
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Press Mentions

  • Verify: Suicide Rates and Black Health & Wellness
    Verify: Suicide Rates and Black Health & WellnessFebruary 9th, 2022