RockshengZhongMDMHS
Psychiatry • Galveston, TXForensic Psychiatry
Associate Professor & Director of Forensic Services Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Training Director Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch
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Office
301 University Blvd - Rebecca Sealy 7.612
Galveston, TX 77555Phone+1 409-266-5253Fax+1 409-351-3464- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Rocksheng Zhong, MD, MHS is Associate Professor and Director of Forensic Services in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch, as well as Lecturer in the Law and Psychiatry Division of the Yale School of Medicine. His research focuses on the intersection of psychiatry, law, and ethics, with particular emphasis on decision-making capacity and competence. He has written, taught, and presented on issues concerning medical ethics and mental health ethics, including informed consent, physician aid in dying, guardianship, and remorse. He has experience working in academic, community mental health, rural, and telehealth settings and formerly served as Medical Director of Northern Arizona for Southwest Behavioral and Health Services. Dr. Zhong currently maintains a full-time practice in general and forensic psychiatry at the University of Texas Medical Branch. He treats patients with mental illness, such as major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, trauma-related disorders, anxiety disorders, and personality disorders. He also provides expert consultation to attorneys and courts about cases involving psychiatric disorders, addiction, and behavioral health problems. He has experience and training in a range of forensic topics, including competence to stand trial, criminal responsibility, insanity defense, sentencing mitigation, risk assessment, civil commitment, testamentary capacity, guardianship, psychiatric malpractice, disability, and fitness for duty.
Education & Training
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Forensic Psychiatry, 2017 - 2018
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Psychiatry, 2013 - 2017
Yale School of MedicineClass of 2013
Certifications & Licensure
MO State Medical License 2018 - 2025
AZ State Medical License 2020 - 2024
CA State Medical License 2018 - 2024
TX State Medical License 2022 - 2024
AL State Medical License 2018 - 2022
CT State Medical License 2017 - 2019
PA State Medical License 2013 - 2018- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Forensic Psychiatry
- American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A Proposal for the Capacity to Stipulate to Civil Commitment and a 50-State Review of Statutes.Rocksheng Zhong, Ashley Moreno, Tobias Wasser> ;The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 2023 Mar 1
- 1 citationsPhysicians' Role in the COVID-19 Infodemic: A ReflectionSydney B Blankenship, Mariko Nakano-Okuno, Rocksheng Zhong> ;Southern Medical Journal. 2021 Dec 1
- Community Reintegration During COVID-19 for Patients in Long-Term Inpatient and Residential Psychiatric Settings.Amanda Calhoun, Rocksheng Zhong, Tobias Wasser> ;Psychiatric Services. 2021 Jun 2
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Hospital Affiliations
University of Texas Medical BranchGalveston, Texas
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