Eraka P.J. Bath, MD

Faculty Member

Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles

Personal Statement

I am a Professor in Psychiatry with three board certifications; General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Forensic Psychiatry. Since joining the UCLA faculty in November 2007, I have served as the Director of Child Forensic Services and the psychiatrist appointed to the LAC Juvenile Mental Health Court. Since 2011, I have assisted the LAC Juvenile Court system in developing a more evidenced based protocol for the determination of juvenile adjudicative competency and have been consulting on a range of issues related to programs concerning juvenile legal system-involved youth. In 2012, I was awarded NIH funding with my mentor (PI, Milburn) to adapt STRIVE, a family-based intervention, and examine its efficacy in an RCT in reducing substance use, HIV risk-taking behaviors and delinquency in youth probationers as they transition from incarceration back to the community.