Debra A Pinals
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Program Director, Psychiatry, Law and Ethics
Intermittent Lecturer in Law, Law School
[email protected]

Available to mentor
Debra A Pinals
Program Director
  • Recent Publications
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    • Journal Article
      A legal dispute resolution intervention for patients with substance use disorders: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
      O'Neil MM, Johnson RA, Córdova D, Pryor J, Pinals DA. BMC Public Health, 2023 Mar 6; 23 (1): 435 DOI:10.1186/s12889-023-15296-5
      PMID: 36879259
    • Journal Article
      Examining the Impact of State-Level Factors on HIV Testing for Medicaid Enrollees With Schizophrenia.
      Thomas MD, Vittinghoff E, Koester KA, Dahiya P, Riano NS, Cournos F, Dawson L, Olfson M, Pinals DA, Crystal S, Walkup J, Shade S, Mangurian C, Arnold EA. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 2023 Sep 1; 94 (1): 18 - 27. DOI:10.1097/QAI.0000000000003225
      PMID: 37229531
    • Journal Article
      Assessing the reentry needs of incarcerated individuals with co-occurring opioid use and mental health concerns
      Lenz D, Willis T, Gaba A, Andre M, Eineman W, Newman B, Kubiak S, Pinals D, Smelson D. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2023 Jan 1; 62 (8): 463 - 482. DOI:10.1080/10509674.2023.2261922
    • Chapter
      Determination of Decisional Capacity
      Grover MW, Ali AZ, Pinals DA. 2023 Tasman’s Psychiatry, 1 - 19. DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-42825-9_66-1
    • Journal Article
      Examining Perceived Coercion in Drug Treatment Courts.
      Bruzios KE, Shaffer PM, Byrne T, Pinals DA, Trojano M, Pressman K, Smelson D. Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol, 2023 Jan; 67 (1): 53 - 65. DOI:10.1177/0306624X221102838
      PMID: 35670193
    • Journal Article
      A 20-year follow-up survey of police officers' experience with Tarasoff warnings: How law enforcement reacts to clinicians' duty to protect.
      Guina J, Dornfeld B, Pinals DA. Behav Sci Law, 2022 Jul; 40 (4): 505 - 513. DOI:10.1002/bsl.2564
      PMID: 35195297
    • Journal Article
      "Excited delirium," erroneous concepts, dehumanizing language, false narratives, and threat to Black lives.
      Fiscella K, Pinals DA, Shields CG. Acad Emerg Med, 2022 Jul; 29 (7): 911 - 913. DOI:10.1111/acem.14483
      PMID: 35286005
    • Journal Article
      Racial and ethnic differences in behavioral health, criminal legal system involvement, and service needs among mental health court participants: Implications for service delivery.
      Gaba A, Shaffer PM, Andre M, Pinals DA, Drawbridge D, Smelson D. Psychol Serv, 2022 Nov; 19 (4): 637 - 647. DOI:10.1037/ser0000669
      PMID: 35549301