Scope & Range of Services

Mace Beckson, M.D.
A Professional Corporation
Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles
Board Certified in Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry
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CURRICULUM VITAE
December 1, 2006

Date of Birth:             August 6, 1959

Education:

Harvard College         A.B. magna cum laude in Biochemical Sciences        1976-1980

The Rockefeller University    Graduate studies in molecular biology         1980-1983

Cornell University Medical College              M.D.                                       1980-1985      

Post-Graduate Training:

The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center/Payne Whitney Clinic    1985-1986
            Internship

University of California at Los Angeles/Neuropsychiatric Institute                        1986-1989
            Psychiatry Residency and Chief Residency

University of California at Los Angeles/Department of Neurology                        1989-1991
            Fellowship/Division of Neurobehavior

Licensure:

Physician and Surgeon, License No. G59242, State of California               1986—

Board Certification:

National Board of Medical Examiners          Certificate No. 289627                       1986
           
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology:
            Psychiatry                                           Certificate No. 33666             1991
            Addiction Psychiatry                         Certificate No. 0499               1994-2014
            Geriatric Psychiatry                            Certificate No. 0874               1994-2004
            Forensic Psychiatry                            Certificate No. 0625               1998-2008

American Society of Addiction Medicine:
            Addiction Medicine                           Certificate No. 010603         1994
            Medical Review Officer                     Drug Testing Certification     1995

Academic  Appointments:

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Full-Time/Compensated)                         2005—
            University of California at Los Angeles

Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Full-Time/Compensated)         2000-2005
            University of California at Los Angeles

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Full-Time/Compensated)         1996-2000
            University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Voluntary)                                 1991-1996
            University of California at Los Angeles

Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry (Voluntary)                                                           1990-1991
            University of California at Los Angeles

Clinical Instructor of Neurology (Voluntary)                                               1989-1991
            University of California at Los Angeles

Clinical Positions:

Medical Director, Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit                                       1998—
            VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Private Practice, Addiction and Forensic Psychiatry                                    1997—

Chief & Founder, Intensive Outpatient Treatment of Addictions               1995-1997
Day Hospital, VA Medical Center West Los Angeles

Chief & Founder, Substance Abuse Consultation Team                             1995               
            VA Medical Center West Los Angeles

Program Director, Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program                         1992-1995
            VA Medical Center West Los Angeles

Attending Psychiatrist, Consultation Liaison Service                                  1990-1991
            University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center

Staff Psychiatrist (Voluntary), Student Psychological Services                   1989-1991
            University of California at Los Angeles

Teaching:

Lecturer, NPI Psychiatry Residency PGY-1 Core Curriculum                    2001—
            University of California at Los Angeles

Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Faculty                                                      1998—
            University of California at Los Angeles

Director, Intensive Care & Forensic Psychiatry Residency Rotation            1998—
            University of California at Los Angeles

Lecturer, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship                                                     1992—
            University of California at Los Angeles

Supervisor, Psychiatry Residents                                                                  1988—
UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Residency Training Program
            Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Residency Training Program
            UCLA-San Fernando Valley Residency Training Program

Lecturer, Psychopharmacology Residency Course                                      1993-2000
            University of California at Los Angeles

Director, Addiction Psychiatry Residency Rotation                                     1991-1997
            University of California at Los Angeles

Supervisor, Addiction Therapists                                                                  1991-1997
            VA Medical Center West Los Angeles

Preceptor, Medical Student Psychiatry Clerkship                                       1991-1993
            University of California at Los Angeles

Preceptor, Medical Student Neurology Clerkship                                       1989-1991
            University of California at Los Angeles

Awards and Recognition:

On the Spot Award                                                                                      2006
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association                                2003

Special Contribution Award                                                                         2003   
            Department of Veterans Affairs

Fellow, American Psychiatric Association                                                    2001

VA Innovations of Care, Department of Veterans Affairs                             1997
            Recognition of Intensive Outpatient Treatment of Addictions
            Day Hospital, VA Medical Center West Los Angeles

Oskar Diethelm Prize for Excellence in Psychiatry                                      1985
            Cornell University Medical College

Consultation:

Expert Reviewer, California Medical Board                                                  2000—
            Department of Consumer Affairs, State of California

Forensic Psychiatry Consultant                                                                     1998—

Psychiatric Consultant, Sexual Recovery Institute                                       1998-2003
            Los Angeles, California

Psychiatric Consultant, AIM Healthcare Foundation                                  1998-2001
            Sherman Oaks, California

Consultant, Sheriff’s Department                                                                 1998-1999
            Ventura County, California

Forensic Consultant, Neurobehavior Clinic                                                 1989-1991
            University of California, Los Angeles

Consulting Psychiatrist, Didi Hirsh Community Mental Health Center    1988-1998
            Culver City, California

Committee Activities:

Suicidology Committee                                                                                 2005—
            American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Chair, Ad Hoc Promotion Committees                                                         2005—
            Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
            University of California at Los Angeles

Co-Chair, Psychiatry Residency PGY-4 Sub-Committee                             2005—
Residency Oversight Committee                                                                 
            University of California at Los Angeles

Chair, Addiction Psychiatry Committee                                                      2004—
            American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
                       
Suicidal Behavior Root Cause Analysis Team                                               2003—
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Co-Chair, Patient Rights Committee                                                                        1998—
            VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Chair, Search Committee, ER Psychiatrist                                                   2005-2006
Psychiatry & Mental Health Service
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Co-Chair, Psychiatric Emergency Consultation Committee                                   2005
            VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Executive Committee            (Member-at-Large)                                                    2004-2006
            American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry

Council on Education and Scientific Affairs                                                 2004-2006
            American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry

Sexual Offender Committee                                                                         2003-2005
            American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Chair, Task Force on Adolescent Substance Abuse                                     2003-2005
            American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry

Addiction Psychiatry Committee                                                                  1998-2004
            American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Research and Development Committee                                                       1993-1996
            VA Medical Center West Los Angeles (Brentwood Division)

Research Positions:

Director, Clinical Trials                                                                                  1995-1996      
            Medication Development Research Center
National Institute on Drug Abuse/Department of Veterans Affairs
            VA Medical Center West Los Angeles

Co-Director, Brain Imaging Program                                                                       1994-1996
            Medication Development Research Center
National Institute on Drug Abuse/Department of Veterans Affairs
            VA Medical Center West Los Angeles

Research Psychiatrist                                                                                     1991-1997
            Medication Development Research Center
National Institute on Drug Abuse/Department of Veterans Affairs
            VA Medical Center West Los Angeles

Professional Organizations:

Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality                                                            2005—
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies                                      2004—
Psychology-Law Society, Division 41, American Psychological Assn         2004—
American Association of Suicidology                                                           2004—
Society of Biological Psychiatry                                                                     2003—
American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry                                                            2003—
Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers                                        2000—
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry                                               1999—
Association of Threat Assessment Professionals                                           1998—
American Academy of Forensic Sciences                                                     1998—
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law                                           1997—
The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health                                                1996—
(formerly:  National Council on Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity)
California Society of Addiction Medicine                                                     1995—
American Society of Addiction Medicine                                                     1993—
Southern California Psychiatric Society                                                       1986—
American Psychiatric Association                                                                 1984—

Presentations (selected):

Chair, Panel on “Addiction and Criminal Responsibility”
            American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
            October 27, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois

Chair, Panel on “Pathological Gambling: Phenomena and Forensic Issues”         
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
            October 27, 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

“Impaired Physicians: Alcohol and Drug Problems”
            American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
            October 24, 2004 in Scottsdale, Arizona

“Psychiatric Issues in Workplace Violence”
The National Conference on Threats & Workplace Violence
May 20, 2004 in Anaheim, California

Chair, Panel on “Addictive Disorders in Adolescents”
            American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry 2004 Annual Meeting
            March 27, 2004 in Los Angeles, California

“Teen Addiction:  Prevalence and Risk”
            American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry
            March 27, 2004 in Los Angeles, California
 
“Medico-Legal Considerations in Suicidal Patients”
            Psychiatry Department Grand Rounds
            West Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center
            September 18, 2003 in Los Angeles, California

“Suicide”
            Century City Bar Association
            August 14, 2003 in Los Angeles, California

“The Agony and the Ecstasy:  Club Drugs in the 21st Century”
            Century City Bar Association
            July 17, 2003 in Los Angeles, California

“An Overview of Mental Illness & its Association with Those Who Pursue & Threaten”
The National Conference on Threats & Workplace Violence
July 16, 2003 in Anaheim, California

“Forensic Issues in Addiction”
            Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
            January 10, 2003 in San Francisco, California

“Behavioral Addictions and Forensic Issues: Sexual Addiction”
            American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
            October 25, 2001 in Boston, Massachusetts

“Boundary Issues in Addiction Treatment”
            American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
            October 15, 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland

“Sexual Addiction”
            Century City Bar Association
            May 5, 1999 in Los Angeles, California

“Forensic Aspects of Psychopharmacology”
            Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles County
            February 4, 1999 in Los Angeles, California

“Sex, Drugs, and Compulsivity:  HIV Risk and Clinical Medication Trials”
            College on Problems of Drug Dependence
            June 1995 in Scottsdale, Arizona

Publications:

Vari G, Beckson M.  Escitalopram associate serotonin toxicity.  Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2006, in press.

Venneman S, Leuchter A, Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Simon SL, Schaefer M, Rawson R, Newton T, Cook IA, Uijtdehaage S, Ling W.  Variation in neurophysiological function and evidence of qualitative electroencephalogram discordance: predicting cocaine-dependent treatment attrition.  Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 18:209-216, 2006.

Simpson JR, Thompson CR, Beckson M.  Impact of orally disintegrating olanzapine on the use of intramuscular antipsychotics, seclusion, and restraint in an acute inpatient psychiatric setting.  Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 26:333-335, 2006.

Beckson M.  Adolescent substance use and addiction (Special Section Editor’s Introduction).  Annals of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry 29:3-17, 2005.

Thompson CR, Beckson M.  A case of factitious homicidal ideation.  Journal of the AmericanAcademy of Psychiatry and the Law 32:277-281, 2004.

Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Lu PH, Edwards N, Rapoport R, Bridge P, Mintz J.  Cortical gray matter volumes are associated with subjective responses to cocaine infusion.  American Journal of Addiction 13:64-73, 2004.

Beckson M, Bartzokis G, Weinstock R.  Substance abuse and addiction.  In:  Rosner R, Ed.  Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry 2nd Ed.  London: Arnold, 2003, pp. 672-684.

Beckson M, Bartzokis G.  Brain disease: forensic neuropsychiatric issues.  In:  Rosner R, Ed.  Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry 2nd Ed.  London: Arnold, 2003, pp. 603-611.

Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Lu PH, Edwards N, Bridge P, Mintz J.  Brain maturation may be arrested in chronic cocaine addicts.  Biological Psychiatry 51:605-612, 2002.

Beckson M.  Smack is back: heroin in the 21st century.  CenturyCity Lawyer 11(8): 19-22, 2002.

Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Lu PH, Neuchterlein K, Edwards N, Mintz J.  Age-related changes in frontal and temporal lobe volumes in men: A magnetic resonance imaging study.  Arch Gen Psychiatry 58(5): 461-465, 2001.

Barzokis G, Lu PH, Beckson M, Rappaport R, Grant S, Wiseman E, London ED.  Abstinence from cocaine reduces high-risk responses on a gambling task. Neuropsychopharmacology 22(1): 102-103, 2000.

Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Po H, Edwards N, Rappaport R, Wiseman E, Bridge P.  Increased CSF volumes are associated with diminished subjective response to cocaine infusion.  Neuropsychopharmacology 23(4): 468-473, 2000.

Bartzokis G, Beckon M, Lu PH, Edwards N, Rappaport, Wiseman E, Bridge P.  Age-related brain volume reductions in amphetamine and cocaine addicts and normal controls: Implications for addiction research.  Psychiatric Research: Neuroimaging Section 98(2): 93-102, 2000.

Ettlin, TM, Kischka U, Beckson M, Gaggiotti M, Rauchfleisch U, Benson DF.  The Frontal Lobe Score: Part I: Construction of a mental status of frontal systems.  Clinical Rehabilitation 14: 260-271, 2000.

Beckson M.  Sexual addiction.  CenturyCity Lawyer 9(6): 8-10, 1999.

Newton TF, Kalechstein A, Beckson M, Bartzokis G, Bridge TP, Ling W.  Effects of selegiline pretreatment on response to experimental cocaine administration.” Psychiatric Research 87(2-3): 101-106, 1999.

Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Hance DB, Lu P, Foster JA, Mintz J, Ling W, Bridge P.  MRI evidence of ‘silent’ neurovascular toxicity in cocaine dependence.  Biological Psychiatry 45: 1203-1211, 1999.

Beckson M.  Marijuana: Mental and behavioral aspects.  CenturyCity Lawyer 8(1): 12-13, 1999.

Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Wirshing DA, Lu P, Foster JA, Mintz J.  Choreoathetoid movements in cocaine dependence. Biological Psychiatry 45: 1630-1635, 1999.

Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Newton T, Mandelkern M, Foster JA, Ling W, Bridge P.  Selegiline effects on cocaine-induced changes in medial temporal lobe metabolism and subjective ratings of euphoria.  Neuropsychopharmacology 20: 582-90, 1999.

Bartzokis G, Goldstein IB, Hance DB, Beckson M, Shapiro D, Lu PH, Edwards N, Mintz J, Bridge P.  The incidence of T2-weighted MR imaging signal abnormalities in the brain of cocaine-dependent patients is age-related and region-specific.  American Journal of Neuroradiology 20(9): 1628-1635, 1999.

Bartzokis G, Beckson M, Hance DB, Marx P, Foster JA, Marder SR.  MR evaluation of age-related increase of brain iron in young adult and older normal males.  Magnetic Resonance Imaging 15(1):29-35, 1997.

Bartzokis G, Beckson M.  MRI evaluation of neurotoxicity in cocaine users.  In: Nahas G, Ed.  Drugs of Abuse in the Decade of the Brain.  Cambridge, Massachusetts:  I.O.S. Press, pp. 249-57, 1997.

Bartzokis G, Beckson M.  Clinical and MRI evaluation of psychostimulant neurotoxicity.  In: Neurotoxicity and Neuropathology Associated with Cocaine Abuse, MD Mjewska, ed. (NIDA Research Monograph Series 163: 300-317).  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1996.

Beckson M, Schaefer M.  Sex, drugs, and compulsivity: HIV risk and clinical medication trials.  In: Problems of Drug Dependence 1995: Proceedings of the Fifty-Seventh Annual Scientific Meeting, College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Inc. (NIDA Research Monograph Series 162: 46-48).  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1995.

Margolin A, Kosten TR, Avants SK, Wilkins JN, Ling W, Beckson M, Arndt IO, Cornish J, Li SH, Bridge P, Ascher JA.  A multicenter trial of bupropion for cocaine dependence in methadone-maintained patients.  Drug and Alcohol Dependence 40 (2): 125-131, 1995.

Beckson M, Benson DF.  Brain disease and abnormal behavior.  In: Rosner R, Ed.  Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry.  New York: Chapman & Hall, 1994, pp. 461-468.

Beckson M, Ling W.  Pharmacologic interventions in cocaine dependence.  Southern California Psychiatrist 41(10): 10-11, 1993.

Ettlin TM, Beckson M, Benson DF, Langfitt Jt, Amos EC, Pineda GS.  Prosopagnosia:  a bihemispheric disorder.  Cortex 28: 129-134, 1992.

Beckson M, Cummings JL.  Psychosis in basal ganglia disorders.  Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology 5: 126-131, 1992.

Beckson M, Cummings JL.  Neuropsychiatric aspects of stroke.  International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 21(1): 1-15, 1991.

Van Putten T, Beckson M, Marder SR.  The neuroleptic malignant syndrome manifested as a prolonged confusional state.  Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 8 (3): 229-230, 1988.

Wang LH, Beckson M, Anderson SM, Hanafusa H.  Identification of the viral sequence required for the generation of recovered avian sarcoma viruses and characterization of a series of replication-defective avian sarcoma viruses.  Journal of Virology 49 (3): 881-891, 1984.