Dr. Wade Myers

Biography

Wade Myers is a Professor and Chief of Forensic Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He serves as the Medical Director of Newport Mental Health and has held previous positions, including Professor and Chief of the Divisions of Forensic Psychiatry and Child Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of South Florida's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Myers earned his Medical Degree from Temple University and completed his general psychiatry residency, with additional fellowships in child adolescent psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. He is board-certified in these specialties. Licensed to practice medicine in Florida since 1984 and in Rhode Island since 2009, he has authored over 100 scientific publications, including the book 'Juvenile Sexual Homicide'. His primary research interests encompass juvenile and adult homicide, sexual homicide, and the phenomenon of malingering among homicide defendants. He has developed the SADSEX-SH-R, a homicide crime scene rating scale used to assess the presence of sexual sadism in offenders and is currently focused on creating a structured professional judgment instrument for the assessment of criminal responsibility in homicide defendants.

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