CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Herman has decades of documented medical experience, a strong history in public speaking and court testimony as an expert witness, and is both a published author and frequently featured contributor in leading publications in the field of Forensic Psychiatry.

Active Medical Licenses:
Arizona 37604 (2007)
California G 85699 (2000)
New York 130747 (1977)
Connecticut 22310 (1988)

Overview:

STEPHEN P. HERMAN, M.D. is board certified in pediatrics, psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. He has over four decades of experience in forensic psychiatry and is recognized as a national leader. He writes and lectures extensively and has been involved in national and international cases.

Dr. Herman’s work takes him across the United States and overseas, in person and via telepsychiatry. 

He is an esteemed faculty member of the Departments of Psychiatry and Child Health at the University of Arizona School of Medicine – Phoenix. He teaches forensic child and adolescent psychiatry to doctors in their final year of medical training. These doctors plan to practice child psychiatry in Arizona and elsewhere.

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Current Activities
  • Park Dietz and Associates (PD&A) – Consultant
  • Inpathy Telepsychiatry
  • Private Practice of Forensic Psychiatry: Child, Adolescent & Adult.
  • Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Child Health, University of Arizona School of Medicine – Phoenix
  • Court appointed expert, New York State: Supreme and Family Courts: New York, Kings, Richmond,
    Bronx, Queens, Suffolk, Rockland, Steuben, Westchester, Putnam, Erie,Orange Counties
  • Court appointed expert, Connecticut: Superior Courts and Superior Courts for Juvenile Matters:
    Danbury, Norwalk, Torrington, Stamford, Bridgeport, Norwich, West Hartford,New Haven, Middletown.
  • Accepted as an expert witness in California, Arizona, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
    Germany (court-martial).
  • Forensic Psychiatrist on Behavioral Health Roster of Maricopa County, Arizona.
  • Peer reviewer, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
  • Editorial Staff Member, Newsletter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.
  • Columnist on forensic child psychiatry for the Newsletter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and
    the Law.
Universities Attended
  • Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1964-68, B.A. (cum laude)
  • Penn. State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 1969-73, M.D.
  • Special Educational Experiences As Medical Student: Menninger Foundation for psychiatry and
    Jerusalem for neonatology.
Postgraduate Medical Education
  • Internship (Pediatrics) West Virginia University Medical Center, Morgantown, WV, 1973-74
  • Residency (Pediatrics) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1974-76
  • Residency (Psychiatry) Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, 1978-80
  • Fellowship (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT, 1980-82
Board Certifications
  • Psychiatry – 1982 (lifetime)
  • Pediatrics – 1978 (lifetime)
  • Child Psychiatry – 1983 (lifetime)
  • Forensic Psychiatry: – Certified 1999 – Re-Certified 2009 – 2019 – Re-Certified 2019 – 2029
Experience In Forensic Psychiatry
  • Juvenile Court Psychiatric Evaluations 1981-82 (as part of second year of child psychiatry fellowship)
  • Child Custody Evaluations (including testimony in court, and with special issues, such as same-sex parents, mentally ill parents, grandparents, relocation, sexual abuse allegations, domestic violence and Munchausen-by-Proxy)
  • Competency Evaluations (In court clinic setting, some outpatient, others at correctional centers, and to attend Abuse/Neglect Hearings or Termination of Parental Rights Trials)
  • Criminal Cases (including U.S. Army and Marine courts-martial, cases involving adults as well as children and adolescents, assessment of insanity, death penalty cases, children who kill)
  • Sexual/Racial Harassment in the Workplace and School
  • Insurance Independent Medical Examinations
  • Employee Assistance Plan Evaluations
  • Sexual Abuse Evaluations
  • Civil Litigation (claims of psychological trauma and disability, for plaintiff or defendant)
  • Physician Malpractice Cases ( involving physicians and hospitals, working with plaintiff or defendant)
  • Parent-Child Assessments for Connecticut Dept. of Children and Families
  • School/Educational Placement Evaluations (best placement plans for children per “least restrictive environment guidelines;” sometimes hired by schools, other times by parents)
  • Internet “Stalking” and Addiction Cases
Employment & Past Activities
  • VISTA, West Virginia, 1968-69
  • Camp physician, Camp Lenox, Lee, MA, 1976
  • Private pediatric practice and Chairman, Dept. of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Franklin Hospital, Franklin, PA, 1976-77
  • Associate Director, New Drug Development, Pfizer, Inc., NY, NY, 1977-78
  • Attending Pediatrician, Emergency Room, New York University, Bellevue Medical Center, NY, NY, 1977-78
  • Consultant, Spence Chapin Foster Care Agency, NY, NY, 1982-84
  • Columnist for Family Circle Magazine, “The Teen Years,” 1989-93
  • Consultant on Competency Evaluations, Bridgeport, CT Court Clinic, 1992-95
  • Member, Board of Directors, Maplebrook School, Amenia, NY (School for severely learning disabled children), 1993-97
  • Lecturer in Forensic Child Psychiatry 1996-97, St. Vincent’s Hospital Medical Center, New York, New York
  • Columnist on Adolescence for internet site: www.ClubMom.com
  • Member of Task Force for Cook County (Illinois) Office of the Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court advisor in planning for complete revamping of Court mental health services in its child protection and delinquency division (Task Force funded by Annie E. Casey Foundation, 1999-2001)
  • Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York (1986 – 1988)
  • Member of Committee for Re-certification in Forensic Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2001-2005)
  • Member of Committee to Certify Law Guardians for Appointment in Domestic Relations Matters, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department (2001-2005)
  • Examiner for Adult Psychiatry Board Certification
  • Examiner for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Board Certification
  • Special Master Connecticut Superior Court (mediator for custody disputes)
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
  • Associate Attending Psychiatrist, The New York-Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York (1987-1992)
Honors & Awards
  •  Nominated for Golden AAPL Award for the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
                   (Member over 60 years of age who has made a lasting contribution to this organization and the field of forensic psychiatry)
  • Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association (DFAPA)
  • Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (DFAACAP)
  • Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
  • Fellow, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • President, Class of 1968, Brandeis University.
  • Best Presentation by a Resident, Northwest Pediatrics Society, Minneapolis, MN, 1975.
  • Listed in The Best Doctors in America 1993, 1994, 2001-02 (www.bestdoctors.com), 2003-04, 2006, 2007-08, 2009-2010, 2011-2012, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2017-2018.
  • Honored Alumnus of 1996, Mayo Clinic Dept. of Pediatrics.
  • Family Service Award, Danbury Regional Commission on Child Care, Rights and Abuse, June 26, 1996.
  • Connecticut Regional Family Trial Docket, Certificate of Appreciation, August 31, 2007.
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Certificate of Appreciation for Participating in more than 20 Board Certification examinations, 2007.
  • Faculty Teaching Award (2013) of the NY-Presbyterian Hospital Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program of Columbia and Cornell Universities.
Presentations

(Talks and Seminars at local medical schools are not listed)

2019

  • Psychiatric Child Custody Evaluations for the 21st Century.  4-hour course presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Baltimore, MD, October 24, 2019.
  • Testimony before Arizona House of Representatives, Committee on Health and Human Services, in opposition to 3 proposed anti-vaccine bills, Arizona House of Representatives, Phoenix, AZ, February 21, 2019.
  • Primer on Forensic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Phoenix, AZ, February 21, 2019.

2018

  • “Insanity: History, Definitions and Psychiatric Evaluations,” Maricopa County Bar Association, Phoenix, AZ, Dec. 7, 2018.
  • Kratom, What Forensic Psychiatrists Need To Know. American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Austin, TX, October 25, 2018.
  • Discussion of Resolution Banning Kratom in Arizona, Arizona Medical Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, June 2, 2018.

2014

  • Same-Sex Marriages: Divorce and Child Custody Disputes, Workshop: American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Chicago, IL, October 23, 2014
  • How to Write a Custody Report (with Mock Trial), Matrimonial Trial Institute V: Trial of a Custody Case, New York State Bar Association CLE, White Plains, New York, May 9, 2014

2010

  • “Parental Alienation Syndrome” – A New Disorder for DSM-5?, Panel: American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Tucson, AZ, October 22, 2010

2009

  • Approaches to Examining the Forensic Psychiatrist, Connecticut Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, New Haven, Connecticut, October 22, 2009

2008

  • Youth in Emotional Crises – Ideas for Law Enforcement Response, Fifth Statewide Advanced Crisis Intervention Team Symposium, Central Connecticut State University, October 2, 2008
  • The Impact of Trauma on Children and Youths in the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Systems, MCLE Conference, Boston, MA, May 21, 2008
  • Psychology 101 for Judges, Matrimonial Division of the Unified Court System of New York State, Tarrytown, New York, March 11, 2008
  • Sexual Abuse Allegations in Child Custody Disputes, Departments of Paediatrics and Psychiatry, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, February 19, 2008
  • Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Child Custody Evaluations, Arizona Bar Association, Division of Family Law, Phoenix, Arizona, January 10, 2008

2006

  • Panel: Alternative Families, Fordham University Law School, New York, NY, June 6, 2007
  • The Role of the Forensic and Law Guardian, Judicial Training for Newly Designated Matrimonial Judges and Newly Appointed Family Court Judges, White Plains, NY. September 18, 2006

2004

  • Psychopathology in Parents and Children in Child Custody and Visitation Cases, CLE Program of New York State 3rd Dept. Appellate Div., Law Guardians Program, Colonie, New York, April 13, 2004
  • Talk-Back on the Death Penalty, Discussion with Audience after the Drama: The Exonerated, 45 Bleecker Street Culture Project, January 25, 2004
  • The Role of the Forensic Mental Health Professional in Child Custody Cases, CLE Program of New York State 1st and 2nd Depts. Appellate Div., Kings County Supreme Court, Brooklyn, NY, January 21, 2004

2003

  • Advanced Workshop in Child Custody Evaluations, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Annual Meeting, October 19, 2003, San Antonio, TX
  • Daubert, Kumho Tire, and the Role of the Forensic Child Psychiatrist in Family Law Matters, panel, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Annual Meeting, October 17, 2003, San Antonio, TX
  • Effective Cross-Examination of the Mental Health Expert in Custody Cases: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, New York Chapter of the Association for Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC), New York, NY, April 8, 2003
  • The Challenges of Forensic Child Psychiatry, TriState APPL Annual Meeting, New York Academy of Medicine, January 25, 2003

2002

  • Divorce, Families and the Holidays, NYC Board of Education District 2 guidance counselors, New York, NY, December 18, 2002
  • Treatment Programs for Spouse Abusers, staff of Bronx, NY Family Court, December 17, 2002
  • Boundary Issues in Forensic Psychiatry (audio tape), Psychiatric Update, Vol. 22, No. 12, December, 2002
  • Effective Testimony in Child Custody Disputes (workshop), American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Annual Meeting, Newport Beach, CA., October 2002
  • Using Social Science Research in Judicial Decisions in Child Custody Cases, New York State Unified Judicial System, Summer 2002 CLE Course, Adelphi University: July 10, Albany: July 16, New York, NY: July 23, July 25, 2002
  • Mental Health Issues and the Role of The Law Guardian, Panel: Law Guardian Certification Committee, First Dept. Appellate Division (New York State), New York, NY April 15, 2002

2001

  • Special Issues in Child Custody Evaluations (workshop), American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Annual Meeting, Boston, 2001
  • Forensic Evaluations for Custody and Visitation: Science or Wizardry, 2001 Summer Judicial Seminar: Furthering Justice Through Education, New York State Unified Court System, Rye, New York, July 19, 2001
  • The Impaired Client in a Matrimonial Case, New York City Women’s Bar Association, New York, New York, April 18, 2001

2000

  • The Pediatrician and the Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist – Collaborating for Children and Families, 15th Annual Pediatrics Update Conference, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Connecticut, November 2, 2000
  • Symposium: What is a Family? New Legal and Clinical Perspectives: The Role of the Evaluating Child Psychiatrist, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York, NY, October 27, 2000
  • Symposium: Children Tried as Adults are Still Children (Juvenile Transfers and the Role of The Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist), American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Annual Meeting, New York, NY, October 27, 2000
  • Symposium: Convicted Parents Forgotten Children?: The Role of the Forensic Child Psychiatrist Evaluating Complicated Child Placement Cases, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York, NY, October 26, 2000
  • Workshop: Evaluating Allegations of Sexual Abuse Arising in Child Custody Disputes: The Role of The Forensic Expert, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Annual Meeting, New York, New York, October 25, 2000
  • The Role of the Expert Witness in Family Law, In View of Frye, Daubert and Kumho Tire, Interdisciplinary Forum of Law and Mental Health/New York State, New York, NY, October 24, 2000
  • Competing Interests in Custody Cases: The Judge, The Lawyer, the Forensic Expert, Panel: Association of the Bar of the City of New York, June 21, 2000
  • Congratulations! You’ve Been Subpoenaed! Now What?, 2nd Annual Conference on Child Abuse, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Connecticut, June 2, 2000
  • Sexual Abuse Allegations in Divorce Cases, Temple Children’s Hospital Sexual Abuse Clinic, Dublin, Ireland, March 24, 2000
  • Youth Violence in the United States, Mater Child Guidance Clinic, Dublin, Ireland, March 24, 2000
  • Guardians Ad Litem Study Panel, Law Society of Dublin, Blackhall Place, Dublin, Ireland, March 23, 2000
  • The Role of the Psychiatrist in Family Law Cases, Law Society of Dublin, Blackhall Place, Dublin, Ireland, March 23, 2000

1999

  • Complicating Factors in Child Custody Disputes, Grand Rounds of Div. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCSF (Langley-Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute), San Francisco, December 17, 1999
  • The Mental Health Evaluation of the Violent Adolescent, Institute of Living, Hartford, CT, Dec. 2, 1999
  • Workshop: Decision making in Child Custody Disputes, Annual Conference of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Chicago, October 21, 1999
  • Panel: Effective Testimony in Child Custody Disputes, Annual Conference of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Chicago, October 20, 1999
  • Child Custody: Standards of Care and Peer Review, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Baltimore, October 15, 1999

1998

  • Panel: Forensic Follies and the need for peer review, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Anaheim, CA, October 31, 1998
  • The Child’s Preference in a Custody Dispute and the Parental Alienation Syndrome, (part of a course: Memory, Suggestibility and Standards of Care – Clinical Expertise in Sexual Abuse and Child Custody Evaluations), Annual Conference of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Anaheim, California, October 30, 1998
  • The Visa, the waiver, and the child psychiatrist (psychiatric evaluations of families with immigration problems), American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Anaheim, CA, October 28, 1998
  • Homicidal children, conference for Crisis Connection (Minneapolis community hotline), Minneapolis, MN, October 9, 1998
  • Kids who kill: The Role of the Child Psychiatrist, at conference: The Juvenile Justice Counter-Reformation: Children and Adolescents as Adult Criminals, Quinnipiac College School of Law, Hamden, CT, September 17, 1998
  • Evaluating allegations of sexual abuse: problems, pitfalls and pandora, Mayo Clinic Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Rochester, Minnesota, June 30, 1998
  • Panel: Deconstructing and reconstructing: revisiting visitation, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, June 1, 1998
  • Panel: The emotional aspects of matrimonial litigation, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, NY City, April 23, 1998
  • Panel: Divorce and custody integrating the psychiatric and legal experience, NY Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, New York City, March 12, 1998

1997

  • Course: How to perform child custody evaluations, The New York Freudian Society, New York City, November 15, 1997
  • Panel: The child who refuses to visit, The New York Freudian Society, Conference: Children and the Law, New York City, November 1, 1997
  • How to interpret a forensic report (with mock trial), New York County Lawyers’ Association, October 15, 1997, New York City
  • Kids who kill kids, American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, Miami Beach, March 21, 1997 and National Association of Forensic Social Work, New York City, May 6, 1997
  • Evaluating allegations of sexual abuse, Depts. of Paediatrics and Child Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University College of Galway, Galway, Ireland, March 6, 1997

1996

  • What you always wanted to know about how psychologists and psychiatrists work but were afraid to ask, Connecticut Bar Association, Wethersfield, Connecticut, December 13, 1996
  • Kids who kill, Maine Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, October 4, 1996
  • Divorce, child custody and the pediatrician the good, the bad, and the ugly, Honored Alumnus Guest Lecture, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, September 27, 1996

1995

  • Speaker at Judicial Roundtable on Child Sexual Abuse, State of New York, Unified Court System, Family Violence Task Force, New York, NY, March 21, 1996
  • Sexual abuse allegations in child custody cases, University of Siena Medical Center, Siena, Italy, June 3, 1995
  • Pitfalls for mental health professionals performing sexual abuse evaluations, The Greater Norwalk Coalition for Children and Youth, Inc., Norwalk, Connecticut, May 24, 1995
  • Visiting Lecturer in Forensic Child Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, February 24, 1995
  • The impact of mental health experts on child custody and child protective proceedings, 118th Annual Meeting, New York State Bar Association, New York, NY 1995

1994

  • The adolescent who kills The story of Eric: Biopsychosocial Origins and Effects, and the role of the child and adolescent psychiatrist, 13th International Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, San Francisco, 1994

1993

  • The complicated forensic case, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, San Antonio, TX, 1993
  • The role of the psychiatrist in family law cases, Fordham University School of Law Continuing Legal Education, June 15, 1993, New York City
  • Distortions of parent-child relationships in disputed custody, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, San Antonio, TX, 1993
  • Performing child custody evaluations, Massachusetts Psychiatric Society, Burlington, MA, 1993

1992

  • Allegations of sexual abuse in child custody cases in the United States, Second International Congress of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, Paris, France, 1992
  • Special issues in child custody disputes in the United States, XVIIIth International Congress on Law and Mental Health, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 1992
  • Workshop: Making your presentations effective and anxiety free, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, San Francisco, 1991, Washington, D.C., 1992
  • Institute Director: Forensic evaluations in child and adolescent psychiatry, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, San Francisco, 1991, Washington, D.C., 1992

1991

  • Course: How to do child custody evaluations, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Los Angeles, 1986, Seattle, 1988, New York, 1989, 1994; Philadelphia, 1996; American Psychiatric Association: Chicago, 1987, Montreal, 1988, San Francisco, 1989, New York, 1990, New Orleans, 1991

1987

  • Peer review in child custody evaluations, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Washington, D.C., 1987
  • Everything you wanted to know about a custody trial but were afraid to ask, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Washington, D.C., 1987

1986

  • Nonbiological parenting: legal and psychiatric aspects, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Los Angeles, 1986 and American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

1979

  • Hyperventilation in children and adolescents: long-term follow-up, American Academy of Child Psychiatry, Atlanta, 1979
Bibliography

Book Chapters

  • The impact of trauma on children and youths in the juvenile justice and welfare system, in Juvenile
    Delinquency and Child Welfare Law, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc. (conference
    syllabus), Boston, 2008, p. 61.
  • Child custody evaluations, in Principles and Practice of Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry,
    Schetky, D and Benedek. E, eds., Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association Press, 2001 pp.
    6979.
  • Forensic child and adolescent psychiatry, in Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of
    Psychiatry, 7th edition, Sadock, B and Sadock, V, eds., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia,
    2000, Vol. II, pp. 2938-2942.
  • Child custody evaluations, in Clinical Handbook of Child Psychiatry and the Law, Schetky, D. and
    Benedek, E, eds., Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1992., p. 91.
  • The burned child, in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook, Lewis, M., ed.,
    Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1991.
  • The psychology of financial planning, in The Expert’s Guide to Managing and Marketing a Successful
    Financial Planning Practice, Rich, A., ed., Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1988.
  • Separation, divorce and the child, in The Growing Years, Rubinstein, M., ed. Atheneum, New York 1987.
  • Adjustment disorders in childhood and adolescence, in Psychiatry Vol. II, Michels, R., et al, eds. J.B.
    Lippincott, Philadelphia 1985.
Publications

JOURNALS & NEWSLETTERS

  • A Prescription for Disaster? Psychologists Prescribing Psychotropic Medication, Newsletter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Vol. 49, No. 1, 2024, p. 10
  • Seeing Red, Newsletter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Spring 2023, p. 8.
  • Canada Killings and Autism Spectrum Disorder, Newsletter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Vo. 46 No. 2, Spring 2021, p. 9.
  • Bisbee and Beyond – The Clergy-Penitent Privilege. Newsletter of the Am, Acad. of Psychiatry and
    the Law. Fall 2020, p. 5.
  • The Heartbreak, AAPL Newsletter, Spring 2020, p. 8
  • Amanda Knox at AAPL, AAPL Newsletter, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2020, p. 6
  • Testifying Before a State Legislative Committee, AAPL Newsletter, Vol 44, No. 3, 2019, pp. 8
  • The Voice(s) of the Children, AAPL Newsletter, Vol 44, No. 2, 2019, pp. 7-8
  • More News on Kratom, Newsletter of the AZ Psychiatric Society, Vol. 9, No. 2, December 2018.
  • It Happened in the Southwest (Murder of a Forensic Psychiatrist), AAPL Newsletter, Vol 43, No. 3, 2018, pp. 9
  • In Re Gault, AAPL Newsletter, January  2018, Vol. 43  No. 1
  • Herman, S.P.: KRATOM – ARIZONA AND BEYOND, Newsletter of the Arizona Psychiatric Society, Winter Issue, December 2017, Vol. 8, Issue 4.
  • Kindertransport: Southern Italian Style, AAPL Newsletter, April 2017, Vol. 42, No. 2
  • The “Bully” Pulpit, AAPL Newsletter, April 2017, Vol. 42, No. 2.
  • Ethics and Forensic Psychiatry, Roundup, The monthly journal of the Maricopa County (Arizona) Medical Society, September 2016.
  • Stephen P. Herman, M.D., Roundup, The monthly journal of the Maricopa County (Arizona) Medical Society, August 2016.
  • Miranda at 50, AAPL Newsletter, April, 2016, Vol. 41, No. 2.
  • Tick … Tock …  Tick … Tock …  Terrorist? – High Profile Cases and the Role of Forensic Child Psychiatrists. AAPL Newsletter, January, 2016, Vol. 41, No.1.
  • Whose Embryo Is It?, AAPL Newsletter, 2015.
  • The Bully Pulpit, AAPL Newsletter, 2015.
  • Looking Backward; Looking Forward, AAPL Newsletter, 2015.
  • Asperger Syndrome Gets A Bad Rap, AAPL Newsletter, 39, No. 3, 2014.
  • Celeb Forensics, AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 39, No. 2, 2014.
  • I Have Two Mommies, AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 39, No. 1, 2014.
  • Adoptive Couple vs. Baby Girl (US Supreme Court (N0. 12-399), AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 38, No. 3, 2013.
  • Forensic Aspects of Gay Conversion Therapy, AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 38, No. 1, 2013.
  • On Mandatory Life Sentences for Juveniles, AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 37, No. 3, 2012.
  • Taking (Judicial) Orders, AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 37, No. 2, 2012.
  • Life Sentence for Viewing Pornography, AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 37, No. 1, 2012.
  • Miranda for Minors, AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 36, No. 3, 2011.
  • Cross-Cultural Issues in Child Custody Disputes, AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 36, No. 2, 2011.
  • Passing Judgment: Serving As An Expert In Malpractice Cases, AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 36. No. 1, 2011.
  • At Ease (Participating in Courts-martial), AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 35, No. 3, 2010.
  • Reading a Resumé, AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 35, No. 2, 2010.
  • The Child’s Preference in a Custody Dispute Evaluation, AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 34, No. 3, 2009.
  • Building Your Forensic Child Practice, AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 34, No. 2, 2009.
  • A Killer’s Childhood, AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 34, No. 1, 2009.
  • The Dark Side of the Internet, AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 33, No. 3, 2008.
  • Caught in the Inter-Net. AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 33, No.1, 2008.
  • Live Free or Die – A Case from New Hampshire. AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 33, No. 1, 2008.
  • Satan Redux. AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 32 , No. 2, 2007.
  • One-sided custody evaluations. AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 31, No. 3, 2006.
  • On taking notes. AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 31, No. 1, 2006.
  • Child advocacy centers. AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 30, No.3, 2005.
  • Business and forensics don’t mix. AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 30, No. 1, 2005.
  • The ugly custody evaluation. AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 29, No. 3, 2004.
  • The death penalty, juvenile and child advocacy. AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 29, No. 2:1011, 2004.
  • The art of communication: child forensic psychiatry. AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 29, No.1:1415, 2004.
  • Evaluating sexual abuse allegations: the industry and individual professionalism. AAPL Newsletter, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 28:1617, 2003.
  • Forensic aspects of behavioral pediatrics. Pediatr Clin N Am 50:939953, 2003.
  • The forensic assessment of the violent child or adolescent. AAPL Newsletter,American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 28:13, 2003.
  • Family law and mental health professionals: the view from the United States, Irish J. of Family Law, No. 2 pp.2528, 2002.
  • Child custody evaluations and the need for standards of care and peer review, Journal of the Center for Children and the Courts, 1:139150, 1999.
  • Practice parameters for child custody evaluation, J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, Vol. 36 (10 Supplement), pp. 57S68S, October 1997.
  • In the matter of Jacob, Newsletter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Vol. 21, April 1996, p. 27.
  • In the matter of the adoption of a child whose first name is Evan: first legal recognition of lesbian co-parenting in New York State, Newsletter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Vol. 17, September 1992, p. 43.
  • Position statement: sexual abuse allegations in child custody cases the role of the pediatrician, Clinical Pediatrics, June 1992, p. 375.
  • Sullivan v. Zebley: equal consideration for children establishing disabilities, Newsletter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Vol. 16, September 1991, p. 38.
  • Child custody evaluations, Directions in Psychiatry, Vol. 11, June 3, 1991.
  • Forensic child psychiatry (introduction to special section), J. Am. Acad. Child and Adolesc. Psychiatry, 29:955, 1990.
  • Special issues in child custody evaluations. J. Am. Acad. Child and Adolesc. Psychiatry, 29:969, 1990.
  • With Levy, A., Does peer review have a place in child custody evaluations?, Children Today, May-June 1989, p. 15.
  • Corporal Punishment in Schools Policy Statement, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, June 10, 1988.
  • Child custody: recent cases and new laws, Newsletter of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Winter 1988, p. 3.
  • With Paul, et al, Fragile X syndrome: its relation to speech and language disorders, Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1984, p. 328.
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  • With Schowalter, J., Depression, suicide and the young child, Emergency Medicine, September 30, 1981, p. 61.
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OTHERS

  • Herman, S.P.: RESOLVED, that the Arizona Medical Association supports the conduct of ethically and scientifically sound research to evaluate beneficial or harmful effects of Kratom and its pharmacologically active derivatives; and be it further RESOLVED, that the Arizona Medical Association supports prohibition of the sale or distribution of Kratom or its derivatives in Arizona until it is deemed safe by the FDA, finalized by Arizona Medical Society April 4, 2018.
Lay Publications
  • The hyperactive child, Being Well: The Waiting Room Magazine, September-October 1984, p. 49.
  • The private school interview already?!, Big Apple Baby Bulletin, November 1985, p. 2.
  • City kids and crime, Big Apple Baby Bulletin, February 1986, p. 2.
  • Judging custody experts, The Single Parent, May-June 1986, p. 12.
  • The couch and the camera, Video, July 1987, p. 34.
  • Kidfile: your child’s mental health, Parenting, April 1988.
  • When theater meets big business, Home Office Computing, March 1989, p. 56.
  • Teenage rebellion: what’s normal…what’s not, Family Circle, September 26, 1989, p. 137.
  • Setting limits how to discipline kids and make it stick, Family Circle, March 13, 1990, p. 171.
  • Happy one day, sad the next, Family Circle, November 27, 1990, p. 53.
  • Is my child a fanatic?, Family Circle, January 7, 1992, p. 114.
  • Get a life! When parents won’t let go, Family Circle, January 12, 1993, p. 78.
  • Kids’ Questions About School Shootings – An Age-by-Age Guide to Talking About Violence, ClubMom.com, posted April 17, 2000.
Book Reviews
  • Meynen, G., Legal Insanity: Explorations in Psychiatry, Law, and Ethics. Springer International, Basel, Switzerland, 2016. J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry and the Law 47:124-125, 2019.
  • Rohrbaugh, Roanna, A Comprehensive Guide to Child Custody Evaluations: Mental Health and Legal Perspectives, in J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry and the Law, 40:155, 2012.
  • Corriero, Michael, Judging Children as Children, in J. Am. Acad. Child and Adolesc. Psychiatry, 46:890, 2007.
  • Singer, P, Children at War, in J. Am. Acad. Child and Adolesc. Psychiatry, 45:374, 2006.
  • Ascione F and Arkow P, eds., Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Animal Abuse, in J. Am. Acad. Child and Adolesc. Psychiatry, 39:935, 2000.
  • Heineman, T, The Abused Child: Psychodynamic Understanding and Treatment, in J. Am. Acad. of Psychiatry and the Law, 28:116, 2000.
  • Hendren, R, ed. Disruptive Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents (Review of Psychiatry Series, Vol. 18, No. 2). Psychiatric Times XVI, November 1999, p. 29.
  • Nurcombe, B., and Partlett, D., Child Mental Health and the Law, in J. Am. Acad. Child and Adolesc. Psychiatry, 36:1635, 1997.
  • Ackerman, M, Clinician’s Guide to Child Custody Evaluations, in J. Am. Acad. Child and Adolesc. Psychiatry, 35:549, 1996.
  • Black, D., Wolkind, S., and Hendriks, J., eds., Child Psychiatry and the Law, in J. Am. Acad. Child and Adolesc. Psychiatry, 32:230, 1993.
  • Hodges, W., Interventions for Children of Divorce: Custody, Access, and Psychotherapy, in Bull. Am. Acad. Psychiatry and the Law, 16:381, 1988.
  • Gaynor, J., and Hatcher, C., The Psychology of Firesetting, in J. Am.Acad. Child and Adolesc. Psychiatry, 26:815, 1987.
  • Mitchell, J., Anorexia and Bulimia: Diagnosis and Treatment, in Am. J. Psychiatry, 144:820, 1987.
  • Gaylin, W., The Rage Within, in Bull. Am. Acad. Psychiatry and the Law, 14:287, 1986.
  • Chess, S., and Thomas, A., Annual Progress in Child Psychiatry and Child Development, in J. Am. Acad. Child and Adolesc.Psychiatry, 25:731, 1986.
  • Vandereycken, W., and Meerman, R., Anorexia Nervosa A Clinician’s Guide to Treatment, in J. Am. Acad. Child and Adolesc. Psychiatry, 24:507, 1985.
  • Grossman, H., Classification in Mental Retardation, in J. Am. Acad. Child and Adolesc. Psychiatry, 24:246, 1985.
  • Certo, N., et al, Public School Integration of Severely Handicapped Students, in J. Am. Acad. Child and Adolesc. Psychiatry, 24:246, 1985.
  • Neurolaw and Responsibility for Action, ed. by Donnelly-Lazarov, B. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK and New York, 2018, 302 pp. $81.15  published in the Newsletter of the Am. Acad. of Psychiatry and the Law, Vol. 49, Number 2, 2021, p.281.