Victoria Marie Dreisbach DO DFAPA

Forensic Psychiatry

Physician

Whiting Forensic HospitalPO Box 70, 70 O'Brien Dr., D1SMiddletown, CT 06457
Phone+1 860-262-5614
Fax+1 860-262-5965

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Education & Training

Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Forensic Psychiatry, 2002 - 2003
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1998 - 2002
Maimonides Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1997 - 1998
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 1997
University of MiamiB.S., Nursing, Cum Laude, 1980 - 1983

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Certifications & Licensure

FL State License 2025 - 2028
CT State License 2021 - 2027
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Forensic Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine
President, Medical Staff Whiting Forensic Hospital, 2021-2022
President, Medical Staff Connecticut Valley Hospital, 2015-2016

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Concerns related to federal gun control legislation.
Michael A. Norko, Victoria M. Dreisbach
The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 2008-01-01

Journal Articles

Not Mentally Ill, Not Dangerous…and Not Discharged?
Sanchez-Jaquez, C., Dreisbach, V, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 1/1/2014
Ready or Not? Expert Testimony in Competency Proceedings
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 1/1/2013
Concerns Related to Federal Gun Control Legislation
Norko, M. and Dreisbach, V., Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 1/1/2008

Lectures

The “Gray Zone:” Effective Forensic Evaluation and Treatment of the Geriatric Patient
Amsterdam, Netherlands - 1/1/2013
A Case Study of Psychopathy
1/1/2010
Involuntary Medications in Hostage Negotiations, Yes or No?
1/1/2005

Other

Helen Mayberg, MD: The Brain on Trial
Dreisbach, V., Newsletter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law
1/1/2011
Police Interrogations and False Confessions—Richard Leo, JD, PhD
Dreisbach, V., Newsletter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law
1/1/2009