Alexander Westphal, MD, PhD
Associate Professor AdjunctCards
About
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Associate Professor Adjunct
Biography
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Appointments
Psychiatry
Associate Professor AdjunctPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- PhD
- Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Investigative Medicine (2013)
- Fellow, Forensic Psychiatry
- Yale School of Medicine (2013)
- Fellow, Child Psychiatry
- Yale School of Medicine (2011)
- Resident, Adult Psychiatry
- Yale School of Medicine (2010)
- MD
- Brown University (2005)
Research
Publications
2024
5.66 Personal and Contextual Factors Influencing Engagement in Extreme Ideologies Among Autistic Individuals: Clinician and Family Perspectives
Wijekoon S, Robison J, Welch C, Westphal A, Loftin R, Perry B, Rombos V, Picciolini C, Jachyra P, Baron-Cohen S, Penner M. 5.66 Personal and Contextual Factors Influencing Engagement in Extreme Ideologies Among Autistic Individuals: Clinician and Family Perspectives. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2024, 63: s277. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2024.08.387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeurodivergence and the Rabbit Hole of Extremism: Uncovering Lived Experience
Wijekoon S, Robison J, Welch C, Westphal A, Loftin R, Perry B, Rombos V, Picciolini C, Bosy C, Senman L, Jachyra P, Baron-Cohen S, Penner M. Neurodivergence and the Rabbit Hole of Extremism: Uncovering Lived Experience. Autism In Adulthood 2024 DOI: 10.1089/aut.2023.0192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchViolence Risk Assessment
Westphal A. Violence Risk Assessment. 2024, 177-187. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-52589-6_14.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Editorial: Training in Autism Among First Responders
Woodbury-Smith M, Westphal A, Loftin R. Editorial: Training in Autism Among First Responders. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2023, 54: 1233-1234. PMID: 36626006, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-022-05855-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Neurodevelopmental Conditions and the NGRI Defense.
Westphal ARN. Neurodevelopmental Conditions and the NGRI Defense. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychiatry And The Law 2022 PMID: 36007943, DOI: 10.29158/JAAPL.220049-22.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersUnderstanding the Use of the Term “Weaponized Autism” in An Alt-Right Social Media Platform
Welch C, Senman L, Loftin R, Picciolini C, Robison J, Westphal A, Perry B, Nguyen J, Jachyra P, Stevenson S, Aggarwal J, Wijekoon S, Baron-Cohen S, Penner M. Understanding the Use of the Term “Weaponized Autism” in An Alt-Right Social Media Platform. Journal Of Autism And Developmental Disorders 2022, 53: 4035-4046. PMID: 35947316, PMCID: PMC10499683, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-022-05701-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVulnerability to Ideologically-Motivated Violence Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Woodbury-Smith MR, Loftin R, Westphal A, Volkmar FR. Vulnerability to Ideologically-Motivated Violence Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2022, 13: 873121. PMID: 35401260, PMCID: PMC8990964, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.873121.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2021
Violence Risk Assessment in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Westphal A, Loftin R. Violence Risk Assessment in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). 2021, 453-469. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-70913-6_22.ChaptersMidbrain
Westphal A. Midbrain. 2021, 2898-2899. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetachromatic Leukodystrophy
Westphal A, Farmer M. Metachromatic Leukodystrophy. 2021, 2881-2884. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91280-6_1516.Chapters
News
News
- April 03, 2024
Wasser, Zhong Edit 'Psychiatry and the Law, Second Edition'
- May 22, 2023
Racing to solve rare diseases
- October 20, 2021Source: Handbook of Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Law
Yarnell-Mac Grory, Westphal Co-Author Book Chapter
- October 08, 2021Source: Handbook of Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Law
Westphal Edits "Handbook of Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Law"
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Division of Law and Psychiatry
34 Park St
New Haven, CT 06519
United States