Alisha Desai, PhD

Clinical Psychologist (PhD) with specializations, extensive research experience, and publications in forensic psychology, clinical supervision, multiculturalism, and trauma/PTSD

Research Expertise

Social Psychology
Law
Sociology and Political Science
Psychiatry and Mental health
Biological Psychiatry
Health (social science)
Pshychiatric Mental Health
Clinical Psychology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Applied Psychology
Earth-Surface Processes
Geology
Philosophy
Pharmacology
Toxicology
Pharmacology (medical)

About

I am a clinical psychologist whose training and research, teaching, and clinical experience has centered on forensic psychology and trauma/PTSD. Specifically, I have expertise in the intersection of law and mental health; trauma and post-traumatic stress disorders among the general population, frontline workers, and veterans; LGBTQIA+ populations; and diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Publications

With crisis comes opportunity: Building ethical competencies in light of COVID-19
Ethics & Behavior
2020
Treatment for restoration of competence to stand trial: Critical analysis and policy recommendations.
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
2019
Releasing individuals from incarceration during COVID-19: Pandemic-related challenges and recommendations for promoting successful reentry.
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
2021
Craigslist as a source for heroin: a report of two cases
Journal of Substance Use
2016
Facilitating Successful Reentry Among Justice-involved Veterans: The Role of Veteran and Offender Identity
Journal of Psychiatric Practice
2021
Understanding the Intersection of Homelessness and Justice Involvement: Enhancing Veteran Suicide Prevention Through VA Programming
Federal Practitioner
2022
Becoming a Forensic Psychologist
Unknown Venue
2019
Patients' perspectives on initiating treatment with extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX)
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
2021
Meeting the Health and Social Service Needs of Veterans Who Interact with the Criminal Justice System and Experience Homelessness: a Holistic Conceptualization and Recommendations for Tailoring Care
Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry
2022
The Role of Social Determinants of Health in Moral Injury: Implications and Future Directions
Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry
2022
Policy Changes as a Context for Moral Injury Development in the Wake of Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization
Obstetrics & Gynecology
2022
Opioid‐specific medication‐assisted therapy and its impact on criminal justice and overdose outcomes
Campbell Systematic Reviews
2022
PROTOCOL: Opioid‐specific medication‐assisted therapy and its impact on criminal justice and overdose outcomes
Campbell Systematic Reviews
2021
The importance of evidence on interventions to reduce risk of violence.
Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
2019
Military sexual trauma among Veterans using and not using VA justice-related programing: A national examination
Journal of Psychiatric Research
2023
Forensic Mental Health Assessment as a Critical Intercept for Enhancing Mental Health Care
Journal of Psychiatric Practice
2022
A preliminary investigation of VA PTSD residential treatment for veterans admitted from unstable housing or incarceration
Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness
2021
Mental health among justice-involved veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic: Understanding needs and proposing a research agenda
Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
2021
Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and the Criminal Defendant
Unknown Venue
Personality Disorder Diagnosis Among Justice-Involved Veterans
Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
2023
Trauma-Informed Training for Veterans Treatment Court Professionals: Program Development and Initial Feedback
Federal Practitioner
2023
Forensic Mental Health Assessment
Forensic Mental Health Assessment
2022
Technology-based intervention preferences to enhance self-management of substance use disorders, HIV, and hepatitis c among patients in inpatient detoxification
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
2017
Appraising Jackson-based unrestorability to competence to stand trial: The demonstration model.
Psychological Services
2023
Public perception on policies to address prenatal substance use: Recommendations regarding maternal criminal prosecution and child welfare.
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
2023
Racial, ethnic, and sex differences in psychiatric diagnosis, mental health sequelae, and VHA service utilization among justice-involved veterans.
Law and Human Behavior
2023
Association of lifetime homelessness and justice involvement with psychiatric symptoms, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among post-9/11 veterans
Journal of Psychiatric Research
2021
Jackson-based restorability to competence to stand trial: Critical analysis and recommendations.
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
2021

Education

Drexel University

PhD, Psychology / June, 2021

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Cornell University

BS / January, 2013

Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Experience

Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center

Clinical Psychology Resident + PTSD Fellow / July, 2020February, 2022

Rocky Mountain Mental Illness, Research, Education & Clinical Center for Suicide Prevention

Clinical Research Psychologist / March, 2022March, 2023

UNICEF USA

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