Guest Lecturer, Course titled “Juvenile Justice,” September 2008-November 2008
UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, California

LICENSES AND BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

Board Certification in Psychiatry, Certificate #54401, issued in September 2004

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.

Board Certification in Forensic Psychiatry, Certificate #1581, issued in May 2005
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.

Board Certification in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Certificate #6129, issued in November 2006 
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.

Medical Director, Juvenile Justice Mental Health Program, July 2011-present
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles, California 
       Supervise psychiatrists providing evaluation and treatment to children and adolescents in the custody of the Los Angeles County Probation Department; interface with other county agencies in the delivery of health services to youth in this system; help with redesign of LA County Department of Probation camp system, where juveniles serve their sentences, in order to help improve delivery of psychiatric, educational and other services and reduce recidivism rates; advise the juvenile court on appropriateness of particular psychotropic medications for youth under juvenile court jurisdiction.

Staff Psychiatrist, Juvenile Justice Mental Health Program, July 2007-June 2011
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles, California 

       Provide psychiatric evaluation and treatment to children and adolescents in the custody of the

Los Angeles County Probation Department. Supervise psychiatrists providing evaluation and treatment

to children and adolescents in the custody of the Los Angeles County Probation Department; interface with other county agencies in the delivery of health services to youth in this system; help with redesign

of LA County Department of Probation camp system, where juveniles serve their sentences, in order to help improve delivery of psychiatric, educational and other services and reduce recidivism rates; advise the juvenile court on appropriateness of particular psychotropic medications for youth under juvenile court jurisdiction.

Forensic Psychiatric Consultant and Clinical Private Practice, July 2004-present

Forensic Psychiatric Consultant, Napa State Hospital, March 2004-June 2004 

Forensic Division, Napa, California
        Provided forensic consultation to staff psychiatrists at Napa State Hospital in difficult cases. Issues included: fitness for release of NGRI acquittees (including violence risk assessments), competence to stand trial, competence to refuse medical and psychiatric treatment, diagnostic clarification, and optimization of psychiatric treatment.

Forensic Psychiatric Evaluator, Sacramento County Court Panel, January 2004-June 2004

Forensic Psychiatric Consultant, Office of the Federal Public Defender, February 2004-June 2004

        Provided forensic consultation services to the Federal Public Defender. Issues included: substance abuse/intoxication and impact on witness reliability, competence to undergo probation revocation hearings, and likelihood of defendant(s) being medication compliant if released.

Forensic Psychiatric Consultant, Sacramento County District Attorneys’ Office, Oct. 2003-June 2004

Staff Psychiatrist, Sacramento County Jail, July 2003-March 2004
UC Davis Department of Psychiatry and Jail Psychiatric Services, Sacramento, California
        Worked as an attending psychiatrist on both the inpatient unit and outpatient clinics at Sacramento County Jail. Supervised UC Davis medical students and psychiatry residents during their inpatient and outpatient rotations.

Staff Psychiatrist, Assembly Bill 2034 Program, July 2001-June 2003
San Fernando Valley Mental Health Clinic, Van Nuys, California
        Worked independently providing psychiatric evaluations and treatment to mentally ill inmates recently released from state penitentiaries and Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles as part of an intensive case management strategy designed to reduce recidivism rates.

HONORS

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, elected in 1998
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Commendation for summer medical service in an underserved area, 1996
National Health Service Corps

Bachelor of Arts with distinction, 1994
University of Virginia

Echols Scholar (top 5% of entering class) and Honors Program, 1990-1994
University of Virginia

National Merit Scholar, 1990
University of Virginia

PUBLICATIONS

Thompson CR, Reba-Harrelson L: Addictive Behaviors in Clinical Handbook of Adolescent Addiction. Edited by Rosner R. Chichester, UK, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, in press

Bender HE, Kambam P, Thompson CR: Juvenile Adjudicative Competence. Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Edited by Roger J, Levesque R. Chichester, UK, Springer Publishing, in press

Weinstock R, Thompson CR: Commentary: Ethics-Related Implications and Neurobiological Correlates of False Confessions in Juveniles. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 37(3):344-8, 2009

Wu S, Thompson CR: Juvenile Offenders in Handbook of Correctional Psychiatry. Edited by Scott CL. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 543-72, 2009

Thompson CR, Kenan J: Children: as Defendants in Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science.

Edited by Jamieson A and Moenssens A. Chichester, UK, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 542-9, 2009

Costello J, Thompson CR, Kenan J: Parental Rights and Prerogatives in Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science. Edited by Jamieson A and Moenssens A. Chichester, UK, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., pages TBD, 2009

Kambam P, Thompson CR: The Development of Decision-Making Capacities in Children and Adolescents: Psychological and Neurobiological Perspectives and Their Implications for Juvenile Defendants. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 27(2): 173-90, 2009

Thompson CR, Del-Pan N, Beckson M, Weinstock R: Adolescent Substance Use Disorders and Psychiatrists: Competent Assessment and Treatment? The American Journal on Addictions, 17(3): 245-6, 2008

Simpson JR, Thompson CR, Beckson M: Impact of Orally Disintegrating Olanzapine on Use of Intramuscular Antipsychotics, Seclusion, and Restraint in an Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Setting. Journal

of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 26(3): 333-5, 2006

Chaiken SB, Thompson CR, Shoemaker WE: Mental Health Interventions in Correctional Settings in Handbook of Correctional Mental Health. Edited by Scott CL and Gerbasi JG. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 109-30, 2005

Thompson CR, Beckson M: A Case of Factitious Homicidal Ideation. Journal of the American Academy

of Psychiatry and the Law, 32(3): 277-81, 2004

Thompson CR (ed): UCLA Psychiatry Residency Handbook. Los Angeles, NPI Press, 2001

Thompson CR, Quanbeck CD: Suicide Risk Assessment in UCLA Psychiatry Residency Handbook.

Edited by Thompson CR and Little JZ. Los Angeles, NPI Press, 2001

Thompson CR, Quanbeck CD: Violence Risk Assessment in UCLA Psychiatry Residency Handbook.

Edited by Thompson CR and Little JZ. Los Angeles, NPI Press, 2001


SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Thompson CR. Criminal Responsibility in Juveniles: Less Guilty by Reason of Adolescence?

Presented at the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting. Boston, MA, March 2008

Thompson CR. Criminal Responsibility in Juveniles: Less Guilty by Reason of Adolescence?

Presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, February 2008

Thompson CR. Adolescent Substance Use Disorders.

Presented at USC Dept. of Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Division Grand Rounds. Los Angeles, CA, September 2007

Thompson CR. Adolescent Substance Use and Associated Psychiatric Disorders.

Presented at symposium titled “Not Just Small Adults: New Insights on Adolescent Brain Development and Implications for Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment.” Sponsored by the California Society of Addiction Medicine. Los Angeles, CA, June 2007

Thompson CR. Waiver of Juveniles to Adult Criminal Court.

Presented as part of the UCLA Forensic Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Fellowship Core Curriculum. Los Angeles, CA, April 2007

Thompson CR. Criminal Responsibility in Juveniles: Less Guilty by Reason of Adolescence?

Presented as part of the UCLA Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Core Curriculum. Los Angeles, CA,

March 2007

Thompson CR. The Juvenile Justice System.

Presented at the American Society of Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting. Santa Monica, CA,

March 2007

Thompson CR. Forensic Report Writing.

Presented as part of the UCLA Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Core Curriculum. Los Angeles, CA,

January 2007

Thompson CR. Forensic Issues in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

Presented as part of the USC Child & Adolescent Clinical Didactic Series. Los Angeles, CA, January 2007

Thompson CR. Adolescent Anti-Social Behavior.

Presented as part of the UCLA Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Core Curriculum. Los Angeles, CA, November 2006

Thompson CR. Juvenile Adjudicative Competence: A Minor Misunderstanding?

Presented to the Los Angeles County Juvenile Mental Health Court, Los Angeles, CA, January 2006

Thompson CR. Juvenile Adjudicative Competence: A Minor Misunderstanding?

Presented at UCLA Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Division Grand Rounds, Los Angeles, CA, January 2006

Thompson CR. SSRIs and Adolescent Suicide Risk.

Presented as part of the UCLA Psychiatry Residency PG-1 Core Curriculum, Los Angeles, CA, May 2005

Thompson CR. Suicide Risk Assessment.

Presented as part of the UCLA Psychiatry Residency PG-1 Core Curriculum, Los Angeles, CA,

January 2005

Thompson CR. The Swanson Study: A Brief Primer on Mental Illness and Violence.

Guest Lecturer to the UC Davis Department of Psychiatry, Forensic Division, Sacramento, CA,

February 2004

Thompson CR. The Mental Status Exam.

Guest Lecturer to the UC Davis School of Law, Davis, CA, January 2004

Thompson CR, Kile S, MacKenzie C. Violence Risk Assessment.

Guest Lecturer to the UC Davis School of Law, Davis, CA, December 2003

Thompson CR. Management of Assaultive Behavior.

Presented as part of the UCLA Psychiatry Residency PG-1 Core Curriculum, Los Angeles, CA, April 2003

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Chair, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Committee, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2009-present

Councilor, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2010-present

Co-Chair, Government Affairs Committee, California Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2010-present

Vice-Chair, Judicial Action Committee, California Psychiatric Association, 2007-present

Member at Large, American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, 2009-present

Program Co-Chair for 2011 Annual Meeting, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Luncheon Seminars Chair for 2012 Annual Meeting, American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Luncheon Seminars Co-Chair for 2011 Annual Meeting, American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Program Chair for 2010 Annual Meeting, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Section, American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Assistant Program Chair for 2009 Annual Meeting, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Section, American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Expert Reviewer for Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005-present

Member, Addiction Psychiatry Committee, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2006-present

Member, Government Affairs Committee, California Psychiatric Association, 2007-present


ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

Academy of Correctional Health Professionals, 2008-present
American Society of Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008-present
American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 2008-present
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, 2007-present
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2004-present
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2001-present
American Psychiatric Association, 1999-present
California Psychiatric Association, 1999-present
Southern California Psychiatric Society, 1999-present