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Howard Zonana, MD

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
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Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry

Biography

When Howard Zonana, MD, first became interested in forensic psychiatry, there was little connection between law and psychiatry in the City of New Haven, the State of Connecticut, or the Yale campus. In the mid-1970's, Dr. Zonana joined up with Marc Rubenstein and Lansing Crane, who were trying to create a forensic psychiatry program. They created the Yale Law and Psychiatry Division.

The Division is part of the Yale School of Medicine Psychiatry Department and Connecticut Mental Health Center. It is made up of four sections – forensic services, the New Haven Court Clinic, the Jail Diversion Program and research and scholarship. The staff includes licensed psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses and social workers as well as a training program in Forensic Psychiatry with funding for four fellows chosen annually through a competitive selection process. The work focuses on evaluations for the courts in civil and criminal matters, e.g. competency, criminal responsibility, pre-sentence evaluations, psychic harm.


Dr. Zonana also chaired the YNHH Bioethics Committee for over 15 years and remains a member of the Committee. He also has an Adjunct Appt at Yale Law School and consults to Clinics there, such as the Immigration, Veterans, and Criminal Clinics where law students under supervision, represent clients. He also works with the American Psychiatric Assn. on the Council of Psychiatry and the Law and Judicial Action Committee.

Appointments

Education & Training

Candidate
Western New England Institute of Psychoanalysis (1971)
Assistant Professor
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT (1968)
Psychiatry Residency
Harvard at Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Boston Massachusetts (1966)
Chief Resident
Day Hospital (1966)
Internship
Albert Einstein College of Medicine- Jacobi Hospital NYC, NY (1963)
MD
Johns Hopkins University (1962)

Board Certifications

  • Forensic Psychiatry

    Certification Organization
    AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
    Original Certification Date
    1994
  • Psychiatry

    Certification Organization
    AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
    Original Certification Date
    1969

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Howard Zonana's published research.

Publications

2016

2011

  • Confidentiality and Record Keeping
    Zonana, H., “Confidentiality and Record Keeping,” in The Psychiatric Report- Principles and Practice of Forensic Writing ed. By Buchanan, A., Norko, M., Cambridge Univ. Press 2011 pp 35-55.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2010

2009

  • Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Sex Offenders
    Zonana, H, M.D., Buchanan, A., M.D., “Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Sex Offenders.” Sex Offenders – Identification, Risk Assessment, Treatment, and Legal Issues (Eds. Saleh, F.M., M.D., Grudzinaskas, Jr., A.J., J.D., Bradford, J.M, M.D., Brodsky, D. J., LLB.) Oxford University Press 2009; Chapter 29, pp 425 - 440.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

2007

2005

2004

  • Forensic Assessment of Sex Offenders
    Zonana, H., M.D., Roth, A., M.D., Coric, V., M.D.: “Forensic Assessment of Sex Offenders” Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry American Psychiatric Publishing. 2004; Vol. 16, pp 349-375
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Isaac Ray Award

  • honor

    Golden Apple Award

  • honor

    Connecticut Psychiatric Society Service Award

  • honor

    Special Presidential Commendation

  • honor

    The Outstanding Educator Award, Tri-State Chapter

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Contacts

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Mailing Address

Psychiatry

Conn. Mental Health Center, 34 Park St

New Haven, CT 06519

United States