Darren Lish, MD

Professional Titles

• Deputy Director of Forensic Services
• Medical Director, Forensic Community Based Services
• Public Psychiatry Liaison

Publications

• Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online December 2021, 49 (4) 642-645; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210129L1-21
• Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online December 2021, 49 (4) 645-647; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210129L2-21
• Lish DL. The Mental Health Professional in Court: A Survival Guideby Gutheil Thomas G. , M.D., and Drogin Eric Y. , J.D., Ph.D. Washington DC , American Psychiatric Publishing , 2013 , 129 pp., $59.00 (paper). Am J Psychiatry. 2013 Jul;170(7):807-808. PubMed PMID: 26650766
• Lish D, & Salomy D. Pretrial Mental Retardation Assessment in Capital Punishment Cases. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2005; 33(1):117-119.
• Lish D. National Research Council Report Makes Case Against Polygraph Admissibility – Revisiting the Daubert Standard for Polygraph Use in Courts. American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry 2005; 26(2):23-43.
• Lish DL. Review of People with Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System: Answering a Cry For Help, by The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, Committee on Psychiatry and the Community. The American Journal of Psychiatry 2016; 173(10):1048-1049
• Lish, DL. Review of Ethics Challenges in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Practice, edited by Ezra E. H. Griffith, M.D. The American Journal of Psychiatry 2018; 175(10):1024-1025
• Mayer T, Thompson E, & Lish D. Burdens of Proof in Federal Civil Commitment Proceedings. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. December 2022, 50 (4) 653-654 https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.220089-22
• Ahern, M & Lish, D. Expert Witness Testimony and Consequences of a Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Verdict. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2023; 51(4) 591-593.
• Lish, D. Seclusion, Restraint, and Involuntary Medication. In J. Metzner, R. Kapoor, A. Tamburello & J. Knoll (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Correctional Psychiatry (2nd edition). Oxford University Press (in press).
• Lynch, A, Lish, D, & Martinez, R. No Felony Conviction Recovery Rule as it Relates to Psychiatric Malpractice. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (in press)
• Miller-Bedel, Q, Lish, D, & Martinez, R. Burden of Proof in Federal Civil Commitment Release Hearings for Detainees Deemed Sexually Dangerous Persons. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (in press)

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Member, Recovery Committee
• American Psychiatric Association, Distinguished Fellow
• Colorado Psychiatric Society, Member

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Psychiatry, Board Certification (2008, 2018)
• Forensic Psychiatry, Board Certification (2009, 2018)

• Mental Health and Behavior - Stress
• Mental Health and Behavior
• Mental Health and Behavior - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Mental Health and Behavior - Mood and Anxiety
• Mental Health and Behavior - Depression
• Mental Health and Behavior - Bipolar Disorder
• Mental Health and Behavior - Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
• Mental Health and Behavior - Anxiety