Richard Martinez, MD

Professional Titles

• Director, Forensic Psychiatry Services and Training

Recognitions

• Seymour Pollack Award for Distinguished Contributions in Forensic Psychiatry, Am Academy Psychiatry and Law (2022)
• Outstanding Achievement Award for Contributions in Forensic Psychiatry and Ethics, Colorado Psychiatric Society (2017)
• Distinguished Life Fellow Am Psychiatric Association, APA (2016)
• Best Teacher in a Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Award, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (2013)

Research Interests

Publications

• Johnson A, Adi A, Martinez R: Qualifying as a ‘Psychiatrist’ in Commitment Proceedings. 52 (4) 522-524. DOI:10.29158/JAAPL.240096L3-24
• Volkovinskaia A, Adi A, Martinez R: Requirements for Involuntary Medication Recommendations under ‘Sell’. 52 (4) 520-522. DOI:10.29158/JAAPL.240096L2-24
• Miller-Bedell M, Lish DL, Martinez R: Burden of Proof in Federal Civil Commitment Release Hearings for Detainees Deemed Sexually Dangerous Persons. 52 (4) 517-520. DOI: 10.29158/JAAPL.240096L1-24.
• Lynch A, Lish DL, Martinez R: No Felony Conviction Recovery Rule as It Relates to Psychiatric Malpractice. 52 (4) 515-517, 2024. DOI: 10.29158/JAAPL.240096-24
• Ahmad A, Martinez R: Forensic Psychiatry: An Introduction. In Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Third Edition. Editor: Max M. Houck. Oxford:Elsevier Publishers. Vol. 2, pp. 678-781, 2023.
• Ahmad A, Martinez R: Forensic Psychiatry: An Introduction. In Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Third Edition. Editor: Max M. Houck. Oxford:Elsevier Publishers. Vol. 2, pp. 678-781, 2023.
• Singleton G, Adi A, Martinez R: Disability Determinations and Chronic Mental Illness. J. Am. Acad Psychiatry and Law. 51 (4) 597-599, 2023. DOI:10.29158/JAAPL.230096L3-23
• Pillai H, Martinez R: Involuntary Medication Detention in Federal Court via ‘Sell’ Criteria. J. Am Acad Psychiatry and Law. 51 (4) 593-595, 2023. DOI:10.29158/JAAPL.230096L1-23
• Ahern M, Lish D, Martinez R: Expert Witness Testimony and Consequences of a Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Verdict. J. Am Acad Psychiatry and Law. 51 (4) 591-593, 2023. DOI:10.29158/JAAPL.230096-23
• Rosenthal J, Martinez R: Balancing the Right of Defendants with the Rights of Victims of Sexaul Assault in Obtaining Victim’s Mental Health Records. 51 (4) 595-597, 2023. DOI:10.29158/JAAPL.230096L3-23
• Dike CC, Briz L, Fadus M, Martinez R, May C, Milone R, Nesbit-Bartsch, Powell T, Witmer A, and Brendel, RW: Religion, Spirituality, and Ethics in Psychiatric Practice. J. Nervous and Mental Disease. March 28, 2022. Doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001505. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35344979.
• Martinez R, Hatters Friedman S. (in press) Boundaries and Malpractice. In Malpractice and Liability in Psychiatry. Editors: Peter Ash and Rick Frierson. Springer Publishing.
• Comeau S, Martinez R: Weighing Expert Witness Testimony in Civil Commitment Release Hearings for Sexually Dangerous Individuals. J. Am Acad Psychiatry and Law. 49 (4) 641-642, 2021. AT DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210129L1-21.
• James C, Lish D, Martinez R: Private Entities as State Actors in Civil Commitment Procedure. J. Am Acad Psychiatry and Law. 49 (4) 642-645, 2021. AT DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210129L1-21.
• Heneghan M, Lish D, Martinez R: Cross Examination and Witness Bias in Attempted First Degree Murder. J. Am Acad Psychiatry and Law. 49 (4) 645-647, 2021. AT DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210129L1-21.
• Tran A, Martinez R: Exclusion of Expert Exposition Testimony for a Lack of Fit with the Facts in a Hit and Run Homicide Case. J. Am Acad Psychiatry and Law. 49 (4) 647-649, 2021. AT DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210129L1-21.
• Comeau S, Martinez R: Weighing Expert Witness Testimony in Civil Commitment Release Hearings for Sexually Dangerous Individuals. J. Am Acad Psychiatry and Law. 49 (4) 641-642, 2021. AT DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210129L1-21.
• Heneghan M, Lish D, Martinez R: Cross Examination and Witness Bias in Attempted First Degree Murder. J. Am Acad Psychiatry and Law. 49 (4) 645-647, 2021. AT DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210129L1-21.
• James C, Lish D, Martinez R: Private Entities as State Actors in Civil Commitment Procedure. J. Am Acad Psychiatry and Law. 49 (4) 642-645, 2021. AT DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210129L1-21.
• Tran A, Martinez R: Exclusion of Expert Exposition Testimony for a Lack of Fit with the Facts in a Hit and Run Homicide Case. J. Am Acad Psychiatry and Law. 49 (4) 647-649, 2021. AT DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210129L1-21.
• Candilis PJ, Martinez R. The Evolution of Forensic Psychiatric Ethics. In The Psychiatric Clinics of North America. Editors Rebecca Weintraub Brendel and Michelle Hume. Elsevier Publishers: Science Direct. 44(4):571-578, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2021.08.001
• Martinez R, Candilis P: Narrative Ethics. In Psychiatric Ethics. Editors: Sidney Bloch and Stephen Green. Oxford University Press, 5th edition, 2021. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780198839262.003.0004
• Candilis PJ, Martinez R: Forensic Psychiatry. In Psychiatric Ethics. Editors: Sidney Bloch and Stephen Green. Oxford University Press, 5th edition, 2021. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780198839262.001.0001
• Martinez R, Candilis P: Ethics in the Time of Injustice. J Am Acad Psychiatry and Law. 48 (2) 2020. At DOI:10.29158/JAAPL.200067-20
• Hatters Friedman S, Martinez R: Boundaries, Professionalism, and Malpractice in Psychiatry. Focus: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry. Vol. 17, No. 4, Nov 7, 2019. At https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190019
• Cerny-Suelzer CA, Ferranti J, Wasser T, Janofsky JS, Michaelsen K, Alonso-Katzowitz JS, Cardasis W, Noffsinger S, Martinez R, Spanggaard M: Practice Resource for Forensic Training in General Psychiatry Residency Programs. J Am Acad Psychiatry and Law. Vol. 47 (2):266, 2019.
• Chinweze E, Bundrick J, Martinez R: Impact of Diagnosis of Malingering on a Defendant’s Sentence. J Am Acad Psychiatry and Law. 47 (4) 530-531, 2019. At DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.3901L2-19
• Vigil C, Bundrick J, Martinez R: Moral Character Inquiry for Washington State Bar Association. J Am Acad Psychiatry and Law. Vol. 47 (4) 525-527, 2019. At https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.003901-19
• James C, Bundrick J, Martinez R: Use of Excessive Force and Qualified Immunity. J Am Acad Psychiatry and Law. Vol. 47 (4) 527-530, 2019. At https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.3901L1-19
• Martinez R: End of Life Decision Making: Cruzan v Director, Missouri Department of Health (1990). In From Courtroom to Clinic: Legal Cases that Changed Mental Health Practice. Editor: Peter Ash, MD. Cambridge University Press, NY, NY, 2019.
• Martinez R: Familicide: Family Annihilation. In Family Murder: Pathologies of Love and Hate. Editor: Hatters-Friedman S. APA Publishing, Washington DC, 2019. Awarded Manfred Guttmacher Award from APA in 2020.
• Martinez R, Candilis P: Robust Professionalism: Forensic Psychiatry’s Identity and Purpose in A Practical Guide to Forensic Psychiatric Ethics in the 21st Century: How to Resolve Ethics Dilemmas by Balancing Competing Neuropsychiatric and Legal Considerations, editors: William Connor Darby, MD & Robert Weinstock, MD. American Psychiatric Association Publishing, Washington DC, (in press).

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, Officer
• American Psychiatry Association, Distinguished Life Fellow

Practice Locations

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

• Forensic Psychiatry, Board Certification (2005, 2015)

• Mental Health and Behavior