Robert Lawrence Weisman, D.O.
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About Me
Dr. Weisman is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, member of the American College of Psychiatrists and Board Certified in both General and Forensic Psychiatry. He has presented internationally and written on community and pharmacologic management of the mentally ill offender and on assessment of violence risk within this population, and conducts training seminars on topics relative to prevention of workplace violence for a variety of audiences including medical, psychiatric, corporate, and legal professionals. He regularly conducts fitness-for-duty assessments and consults to law-enforcement agencies in Upstate, NY region. Through grant funding from the University of Rochester, he has developed training interventions for front-line correctional professionals working with mentally disordered individuals. Dr. Weisman also provides forensic consultation nationally specific to individual risk assessment and violence mitigation to medical centers, criminal justice agencies and commercial industry. Dr. Weisman has developed the Safety and Violence Education (SAVE) training curriculum through funding from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Certified Specialties
Forensic Psychiatry - American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Psychiatry - American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Faculty Appointments
Professor - Department of Psychiatry, Long Term Care (SMD)
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Fellowship, Forensic Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine. 1994 - 1995
Residency, Psychiatry, Loyola University Medical Center. 1990 - 1994
Internship, St. John Macomb-Oakland Hospital-Oakland Center. 1989 - 1990
Awards
Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Award. 2017
David J. Barry, M.D. Forensic Psychiatry Faculty Teaching Award. 2015
Fellow. 2008
Excellence in Clinical Care Award. 2007
Distinguished Fellow. 2006
Research
Patents
(MANUAL) Forensic Assertive Community Treatment A Manual for Rochester Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (R-FACT) Program Development and Operation
Issue date: February 28, 2014
Patent #: TXu 1-904-944
Country: United States
Inventors: J. Steven Lamberti, Robert L Weisman
Forensic Assertive Community Treatment Scale (FACTS): General Version
Issue date: June 02, 2015
Patent #: 4,748,377
Country: United States
Inventors: J. Steven Lamberti, Robert L Weisman
(GUIDE) Forensic Assertive Community Treatment A Guide to Program Fidelity Assessment Using the R-FACTS
Issue date: February 28, 2014
Patent #: TXu 1-904-945
Country: United States
Inventors: J. Steven Lamberti, Robert L Weisman
Publications
Journal Articles
Maeng D, Tsun ZY, Lesch E, Jacobowitz DB, Strawderman RL, Harrington DK, Li Y, Weisman RL, Lamberti JS
Psychiatric services : a journal of the American Psychiatric Association.. 2023 April 174 (4):358-364. Epub 09/06/2022.
Lamberti JS, Lesch E, Weisman RL
The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.. 2022 June 50 (2):333. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kamin D, Weisman RL, Lamberti JS
Frontiers in psychiatry.. 2022 13 :805649. Epub 02/01/2022.
Lamberti JS, Weisman RL, Cerulli C, Williams GC, Jacobowitz DB, Mueser KT, Marks PD, Strawderman RL, Harrington D, Lamberti TA, Caine ED
Psychiatric services : a journal of the American Psychiatric Association.. 2017 October 168 (10):1016-1024. Epub 06/01/2017.
Legal Digest: The Impact of Individualized Education Programs on Free Appropriate Public Education
Rusu, I; Weisman, RL.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2015; 43(2): 19-21.
Legal Digest: Prisoner Rights
Libman, MS; Weisman, RL.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2014; 42: 258-260.
Lamberti JS, Russ A, Cerulli C, Weisman RL, Jacobowitz D, Williams GC
Harvard review of psychiatry.. 2014 22 (4):222-30. Epub 1900 01 01.
Legal Digest: Competence to Proceed Pro Se
Martin, PS; Weisman, RL.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2013; 41(2): 10-13.
Safety and Violence Education (SAVE): A Novel Web-Based Interactive Learning Environment for Healthcare Workers
Weisman, RL; Privitera, M; Lamberti, JS.
Proceedings of the third International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector. 2012; : 380-383.
Lamberti JS, Deem A, Weisman RL, LaDuke C
Psychiatric services : a journal of the American Psychiatric Association.. 2011 April 62 (4):418-21. Epub 1900 01 01.
Weisman RL, Lamberti JS, Price N
The Psychiatric quarterly.. 2004 75 (1):71-85. Epub 1900 01 01.
Lamberti JS, Weisman RL
The Psychiatric quarterly.. 2004 75 (2):151-64. Epub 1900 01 01.
Weisman RL
International journal of psychiatry in medicine.. 2003 33 (1):85-9. Epub 1900 01 01.
Weisman RL, Lamberti JS
Community mental health journal.. 2002 August 38 (4):339-48. Epub 1900 01 01.
Lamberti JS, Weisman RL, Schwarzkopf SB, Price N, Ashton RM, Trompeter J
The Psychiatric quarterly.. 2001 72 (1):63-77. Epub 1900 01 01.
Wider MD, Duhaime PM, Weisman RL
Endocrinology.. 1986 April 118 (4):1546-50. Epub 1900 01 01.
Books
Release Planning for Inmates (2012)
Chapter: Forensic Assertive Community Treatment: Origins, Current Practice and Future Directions
Authors: Lamberti JS, Weisman RL
Publisher: NYU Press, New York 2012
Staff Safety and Workplace Violence Education (2011)
Chapter: Workplace Violence in Mental and General Healthcare Settings
Authors: Weisman, RL
Publisher: Ed. Jones and Bartlett, LLC 2011
Embitterment – Societal, Psychological, and Clinical Perspectives (2010)
Chapter: Embitterment in Suicide and Homicide-Suicide
Authors: Conner, KR; Weisman, RL
Publisher: Eds. Springer, Wien; Austria 2010
Forensic Assertive Community Treatment: Origins, Current Practice and Future Directions (2010)
Chapter: Reentry Planning for Offenders with Mental Disorders: Policy and Practice
Authors: Lamberti JS, Weisman RL
Publisher: Civic Research Institute, Kingston, NJ 2010
Financial Stress and Workplace Performance (2002)
Chapter: Personal Financial Stress, Depression and Workplace Performance
Authors: Weisman RL
Publisher: The Center for Credit Union Innovation and Filene Research Institute, Madison 2002
Serving Mentally Ill Offenders (2002)
Chapter: Preventing Incarceration of Adults with Severe Mental Illness: Project Link
Authors: Lamberti JS, Weisman RL
Publisher: Springer Press, New York 2002
USMLE Comprehensive Review Book (1996)
Chapter: Eating Disorders:Anorexia/Bulimia/Obesity
Authors: Weisman RL
Publisher: Mosby Publishing 1996