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Reena Kapoor, MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
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Appointments

Psychiatry
Primary
School of Law
Secondary

Additional Titles

Program Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Forensic Psychiatry Fellows

Contact Info

Connecticut Mental Health Center

Law & Psychiatry, 1st Floor, 34 Park Street

New Haven, CT 06519

United States

About

Titles

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Program Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship, Forensic Psychiatry Fellows

Biography

Dr. Kapoor is Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Law & Psychiatry Division, where her clinical work and scholarship focus on the intersection of mental illness, violence, and the criminal justice system. She has expertise in the psychiatric evaluation and treatment of violent and justice-involved individuals in a variety of treatment settings (e.g., prisons, jails, forensic hospitals, and the community). In addition, she serves as a Program Director for the Yale forensic psychiatry fellowship, teaching and supervising fellows in the country's largest training program for forensic psychiatrists. Dr. Kapoor has lectured nationally and internationally on forensic psychiatry and holds leadership positions in several professional organizations. She is chair of the American Psychiatric Association's Committee on Judicial Action and president of the Association of Directors of Forensic Psychiatry Fellowships, as well as a past president of the Connecticut Psychiatric Society and the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy. Prior to joining the Law & Psychiatry faculty, Dr. Kapoor completed residency training in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, a forensic psychiatry fellowship at Yale, and medical school at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.

Appointments

  • Psychiatry

    Associate Professor on Term
    Primary
  • School of Law

    Visiting Associate Professor
    Secondary

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Education & Training

Forensic Psychiatry Fellow
Yale University (2008)
Psychiatry Resident
Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program (2007)
Chief Resident
Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program (2007)
MD
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Med (2003)

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Reena Kapoor's published research.

Publications

2024

2014

2013

2011

2010

2008

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Connecticut Mental Health Center

Law & Psychiatry, 1st Floor, 34 Park Street

New Haven, CT 06519

United States