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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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Saul Rosenberg, PhD, is a nationally recognized authority in the assessment and treatment of psychological injuries. His recent publication, Forensic Assessment of Psychological Injury Claims, reviews the state of the science and provides practice guidelines for evaluating claims of emotional distress, mental disorders and related functional impairments.

Dr. Rosenberg's research at the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF) has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. He has co-authored psychological tests and structured interviews which are used internationally. He has conducted more than 375 Independent Mental Exams (IMEs) for both plaintiff and defense. He has testified before congress on the assessment of PTSD in veterans. His areas of expertise include:

• Psychological injures
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Stressor-Related Disorders
• Employment discrimination, wrongful termination
• Testamentary capacity, undue influence, will contests
• Symptom validity, exaggeration and malingering

His publications include:
Rosenberg, S.E., et al. (2024). Forensic Assessment of Psychological Injury Claims. In Young, G., et al (Eds.) , Handbook of Psychological Injury and Law. Springer.
Rosenberg, S.E. (2014). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. In M.J. Aminoff & R.B. Daroff (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Neurological Sciences, 2nd Ed. Elsevier.
Rosenberg, S. E., et al. (1986). A method for establishing the reliability of statements from psychodynamic case formulations. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 143, No. 11, 1454-1456.
Horowitz, L.M., Rosenberg, S.E., et al. (1988). Inventory of Interpersonal Problems: Psychometric properties and clinical application. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 56, No.6, 885-892.
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/saul-rosenberg-bb4ab810

Education & Licenses

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology, University of California, San Francisco - Mount Zion Hosp., 1978; Certificate in Psychoanalysis, San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute. 1999; Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Bowling Green State University, 1975; Internship, Clinical Psychology, 1973–1974, State Univ. of New York Upstate Medical University.

Licensed Psychologist in California since 1978.