Michael MacIntyre, M.D.
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Dual Board-Certified
Forensic Psychiatrist


Expert Witness · Forensic Evaluator · UCLA Faculty
About Dr. MacIntyre

Dr. MacIntyre is dual board-certified in general and forensic psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He has been qualified as an expert witness and provided testimony in jury trials, bench trials, and depositions across criminal and civil matters in California Superior Courts, with experience spanning competency evaluations, criminal responsibility, violence risk, and civil psychiatric injury.

Dr. MacIntyre serves as a panel psychiatrist for the Los Angeles County and Fresno County Superior Courts and conducts forensic psychiatric evaluations at the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. He is a Qualified Medical Examiner (QME) certified by the State of California and an expert reviewer for the Medical Board of California.

He is core faculty and Assistant Program Director of the UCLA Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship at the David Geffen School of Medicine, where he trains the next generation of forensic psychiatrists. His peer-reviewed publications address criminal responsibility, neuroethics, artificial intelligence in psychiatry, psychedelic medicine, and forensic evaluation methodology — work that reflects sustained scholarly engagement with the issues most likely to arise in complex litigation.

Services

Dr. MacIntyre provides forensic psychiatric evaluations, expert reports, and testimony across a broad range of criminal and civil matters. Each evaluation is grounded in current clinical science, relevant legal standards, and direct familiarity with California courts. Referrals are accepted from defense counsel, prosecution, and civil defense attorneys.

Criminal Evaluations & Consultations

  • 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

  • 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)

Dr. MacIntyre accepts criminal and civil referrals and works with defense counsel, prosecution, and civil defense. He is available for case consultation prior to formal retention.

Recent Articles
Diagnosis vs. functional impairment in psychiatric disability evaluationsFebruary 2026
In mental-health claims, the question is function, not symptoms
Real-time evaluations of testamentary capacityFebruary 2025
The role of a forensic psychiatrist
False confessionsMay 2024
A Fontana settlement sheds light on a serious forensic problem
Technology in the forensic psychiatric evaluationMay 2023
New inventions are poised to drastically change physicians' methods for the better
Neuro-psychological methods in the legal systemOctober 2022
Careful use, cognizant of caveats, complements a patient's self-report
Mental health diversion in California under PC § 1001.36August 2022
A new law encourages non-traditional criminal rehabilitation
Strengthening the forensic diagnosisMay 2022
Forensic psychiatrists combine traditional diagnostic methods with an extra-rigorous investigative style
Hearsay and SanchezFebruary 2022
A rules exception permits experts to use hearsay—for now, at least
Mental health diagnoses and DSM-5 in the legal systemDecember 2021
The ubiquitous guide leaves many psycho-legal questions unanswered
How do forensic psychiatrists come to a conclusion?December 2021
A traditional psychiatric exam is often insufficient
Is the evidence even admissible? Daubert and FryeMay 2021
Different legal tests decide whether expert science gets through the courtroom door
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

Contact Dr. MacIntyre Dr. MacIntyre is available for case consultation prior to formal retention. Initial consultations are provided at no charge. To discuss a potential referral, please contact the office by e-mail or telephone.

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