Michael MacIntyre, M.D.

Board-Certified
Forensic Psychiatrist

Accomplished Expert Witness

About Dr. MacIntyre

Dr. MacIntyre is dual-board-certified in general and forensic psychiatry. He is a core faculty member of the UCLA Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship. Dr. MacIntyre has experience in a wide variety of psycho-legal evaluations, including writing clear, effective reports and providing thoughtful testimony.

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Criminal Evaluations & Consultations

Dr. MacIntyre has training and experience in a range of criminal areas including:

Criminal responsibility
Criminal competencies
Competency to stand trial
Competency to enter a plea
Competency to proceed pro se
Competency to testify
Competency to waive Miranda rights
Violence risk assessments
Evaluation in aid of sentencing
Presence and effect of a psychiatric disorder
Response to treatment interventions

Civil Evaluations & Consultations

Dr. MacIntyre has training and experience in a range of civil areas including:

Psychic harm
Personal injury
Psychiatric disability
PTSD claims
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claims
Psychiatric malpractice
Independent Medical Exams (IMEs)
Workplace issues
Worker's compensation
Harassment
Workplace violence risk assessment and mitigation
Fitness for duty
Civil competencies
Testamentary capacity
Competency to act as juror
Conservatorship and guardianship evaluations
Capacity to make medical decisions
Capacity to make financial decisions
Evaluation of psychiatric expert testimony (Frye and Daubert)

Publications

Legal and Ethics Concerns of Psilocybin as Medicine
Stephanie M. Schonholz, Jacob M. Appel, Harold J. Bursztajn, Mohan Nair and Michael R. MacIntyre, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online, December 2024

Teaching Artificial Intelligence from Conceptual Foundations: A Roadmap for Psychiatry Training Programs
Richard G. Cockerill, Michael R. MacIntyre & Carolyn Shima, Academic Psychiatry, September 2024

Jury Instructions for Insanity Verdict
Sarah Erdelyan and Michael MacIntyre, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online, March 2024

Standards for Conditional Discharge Revocation
Jesse Li and Michael R. MacIntyre, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online, March 2024

Dinardo v. Kohler: “No Felony Conviction Recovery” May Provide No Protection From Liability
Piyush P. Nayyar, MD and Michael R. MacIntyre, MD, AAPL Newsletter, Fall 2023

From posts to protection: Ethical considerations regarding forensic psychiatrists and a duty to warn based on social media
Michael R. MacIntyre, Alexander C. Sones, Jesse Li, William C. Darby, Robert Weinstock, Behavioral Sciences & the Law, February 2024

Ethical considerations for the use of artificial intelligence in medical decision-making capacity assessments
Michael R. MacIntyre, Richard G. Cockerill, Omar F. Mirza, and Jacob M. Appel, Psychiatry Research, October 2023

Ketamine and Psychedelics: The Journey From Magical Mystery to Informed Consent
Michael MacIntyre and Mohan Nair, Psychiatric Times, August 2023

Committee Perspectives: From Mentee to Mentor: Lifelong Teaching Requires Lifelong Learning
Michael MacIntyre, Deirdre O'Sullivan, and Emily Keram, AAPL Newsletter, Spring 2023

Committee Perspectives: Asylum Evaluations
Collin Shumate, Robert Polo, Matthew Motley, Mikel Matto, Michael MacIntyre, Jacob Appel, AAPL Newsletter, Spring 2023

In the Courts: Ethical and Legal Implications of Emerging Neuroscience Technologies Used for Forensic Purposes
W. Connor Darby, Michael MacIntyre, Richard G. Cockerill, Dustin B. Stephens, Robert Weinstock, and R. Ryan Darby, Ethics and Clinical Neuroinnovation, February 2023

Late-Onset Sex Offending and the Assessment of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD)
Michael R. MacIntyre, Manish A. Fozdar and Mohan Nair, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online, January 2023

Difficult Discussions – What to Do When Our Patients Disclose A Sexual Relationship with A Prior Provider
M. MacIntyre, Southern California Psychiatrist, June 2022

People v. Sanchez: Hearsay evidence and expert witness testimony
Vivian Alvarez-Toro, Michael R. MacIntyre, and Charles Scott, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Newsletter, Winter 2022

Voluntary intoxication, homicide, and mens rea: Past, present, and future
M. MacIntyre, et al., Behavioral Sciences & the Law, April 2021

Physician, Protect Thyself: Why Psychiatrists Should Be Aware of Their Internet Presence and How to Protect Themselves
M. MacIntyre, J. Appel, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, April 2021

Legal and Ethics Considerations in Reporting Sexual Exploitation by Previous Providers
M. MacIntyre, J. Appel, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online, June 2020

Safety preempted: When EMTALA and restraining orders collide
M. MacIntyre, J. Appel, American Journal of Emergency Medicine, September 2019

Articles as medical correspondent for ABC News, July 2018