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About the speaker

Paul C. Berman, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Towson, Maryland.  His practice focuses on family law matters including child forensic evaluations, custody evaluations, fitness to parent evaluations, domestic violence evaluations, sexual abuse evaluations and parent coordinator work.  Dr. Berman was also Director of the Towson Addictions Center until 2019 and provided comprehensive assessment, education and treatment services for individuals with alcohol and other drug related problems.  

In addition to his private practice, Dr. Berman has been actively involved with legal, ethical, and legislative issues related to the practice of psychology.  Since September 1993, Dr. Berman has worked part-time for the Maryland Psychological Association as Professional Affairs Officer.  He serves as a liaison for psychologists with managed care/insurance companies, State agencies, and other professional associations.

Disclosure Statements

Sheppard Pratt holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest. In accord with Sheppard Pratt's Disclosure Policy, as well as standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Medical Association (AMA), all planners, reviewers, speakers and persons in control of content have been asked to disclose any relationship he /she (or a partner or spouse) has with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months. All planners, reviewers and speakers have also been asked to disclose any payments accepted for this lecture from any entity besides Sheppard Pratt, and if there will be discussion of any products, services or off-label uses of product(s) during this presentation.

Paul C. Berman, Ph.D, reports that he has no relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients during the past 24 months. He will not discuss any products, services, or off-label uses in this presentation.

Event Planners/Reviewers Disclosures: The following event planners and/or reviewers are reported as having no financial interest, arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, selling,  re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients, during the past 24 months: Todd Peters, MD, Deepak Prabhakar, MD, Elizabeth Ryznar, MD, MSc, Louis Marino, MD, Ehsan Syed, MD, Devi Bhuyan, PhD, Faith Dickerson, PhD, Carrie Etheridge, LCSW-C, Tom Flis, LCPC, Stacey Garnett, RN, MSN, Octavia Coit, MN, Heather Billings, RN, Lisa Illum, MLIS, MEd, and Jennifer Tornabene.