Location: 1148 Manhattan Ave Suite 9 Manhattan Beach, CA 90266      Email: suziedupee@drdupee.com

FORENSIC ADULT, CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

Dr. Suzanne Dupée 
is a triple-board certified 
Adult, Child & Adolescent Forensic Psychiatrist.

FORENSIC ADULT, CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

Dr. Suzanne Dupée
is a triple-board certified
Adult, Child & Adolescent
Forensic Psychiatrist.

30+

YEARS OF PRACTICE

10,000+

REPORTS RENDERING OPINIONS

5000+

PATIENTS TREATED

200+

DEPOSITION TESTIMONY

300+

COURT TESTIMONY

FORENSIC PRACTICE

Dr Suzanne Dupée, M.D.

Dr. Dupée has consulted and provided critical input for cases from inception to trial.

  • Triple Board Certified Adult, Child & Adolescent Forensic Psychiatrist
  • Retained by defense and plaintiff attorneys
  • Court appointments
  • Only psychiatrist on Approved List of Child Custody Evaluator Panel for Los Angeles Superior Court
  • Los Angeles Superior Court Expert Witness panels: Criminal, Dependency, Juvenile, & Family Law
  • Extensive experience testifying in depositions and trials
  • Consulting experience
  • Clinical expertise in psychiatry, adult, child & adolescent
  • Testified in multiple states
  • Testified in Federal Courts in multiple states

Dr suzanne Dupée, M.D.

Dr. Dupée has consulted and provided critical input into cases from inception 
to trial.

  • Triple Board Certified Adult, Child & Adolescent Forensic Psychiatrist
  • Retained by defense and plaintiff attorneys
  • Only psychiatrist on Approved List of Child Custody Evaluator Panel for Los Angeles Superior Court
  • Extensive experience testifying in depositions and trials
  • Consulting experience
  • Clinical expertise in psychiatry, adult, child & adolescent

FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY

Areas of expertise in Forensic Psychiatry

What is a forensic psychiatrist?
This is the most common question I am asked. Forensic psychiatry is the interface between psychiatry and the law. 

Civil Law

  • Assessment of emotional damages
  • Sexual abuse
  • Personal injury
  • Child sexual abuse

Employment Law

  • Sexual harassment
  • Wrongful termination
  • Discrimination-racial, gender, age
  • Retaliation
  • Hostile workplace
  • Fitness for Duty
  • Threat assessment
  • Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Disability

  • Insurance disability claims
  • Social security disability claims
  • Veteran’s Adminisration claims

Criminal Law

  • Insanity evaluations/criminal responsibility/insanity defense
  • Criminal competency
  • Psychiatric evaluations for mitigation
  • Death penalty mitigation
  • Consultation for prosecutors and defense

Malpractice

  • Wrongful death from suicide
  • Psychopharmacology malpractice

Family Law

  • Child custody evaluations
  • Psychiatric evaluations of family law litigants
  • Consultation
  • Adult child support evaluations
  • Child custody evaluations
  • Psychiatric evaluations of family law litigants
  • Consultation

Dependency/Child Abuse

  • Psychiatric evaluations of parents
  • Psychiatric evaluations of children
  • Child abuse evaluations