2021.11.12 Monitoring Drug and Alcohol Use During Child Custody Disputes
Friday, November 12, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
Category: Events
NYACP presents
Monitoring Drug and Alcohol Use During Child Custody Disputes Friday, November 12, 2021 12:00-1:30pm
Presented by
Laurence Westreich, M.D.
Moderator: Ken Novenstern, Esq.
Please join us as Dr. Westreich reviews the forensic assessment of a custodial parent who has, or is accused of having, problematic use of intoxicating substances. He will give a presentation and then discuss questions raised by the listeners.
Laurence M. Westreich, MD is a psychiatrist who specializes in the treatment of patients dually diagnosed with addiction and mental disorders. He received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota School Of Medicine, and following an internship in Internal Medicine at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, completed a residency in General Psychiatry at New York's Beth Israel Medical Center and a fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital. He is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in general psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry and is certified as a Medical Review Officer by the Medical Review Officer Certification Council. Dr. Westreich is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine and serves as the Consultant on Behavioral Health and Addiction to the Commissioner of Major League Baseball. He is the author of Helping the Addict You Love(Simon and Schuster), A Parents Guide to Teen Addiction (Skyhorse Publishing) and is Past-President of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.
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