On today’s episode, I talked with Adam Bloom, Ph.D., ABPP., a board certified forensic psychologist. We talked about:

• The psychologists role at NYPD
• How suicide is the largest threat to a law enforcement officer
• What triggers a fitness for duty evaluation
• The three prongs to a fitness for duty evaluation
• How common a fitness for duty evaluation really is
• NYPD is hiring unlicensed/licensed psychologists  

About Dr. Bloom

Dr. Adam Bloom, Board Certified Forensic Psychologist, is an active member of the Appellate Division, Supreme Court - First and Second Judicial Department, Mental Health Professionals Panel and he served 2 - two-year terms as a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC-NY).

Dr. Bloom has been a member of the Assigned Counsel Advisory Committee, Attorneys for Children Panel - Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial District since 2014, as well as an Independent Contractor for the Federal Aviation Administration, Division of Aerospace Medicine since 2008.  Dr. Adam Bloom has been a member of the Editorial Board of the Open Access Journal of Forensic Psychology since 2010 and is a member of the American Psychology Law Society (Division 41) and the New York State Interdisciplinary Forum on Mental Health and Family Law.

In addition to his private practice, Dr. Bloom currently serves as the Director of the NYPD Medical Division - Psychological Evaluation Section.  Prior to that, Dr. Bloom was the Chief Psychologist/Clinic Director at NYC Health + Hospitals - Kings County & Bronx County Family Court, Mental Health Services Department. 

Dr. Bloom has maintained professional licensure in the State of New York since 1994 and the Commonwealth of Virginia since 2014.

Thanks for listening! See you again in two weeks for another amazing episode delving through psychology and the law. 

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