Sanjay G. Adhia, MD

About

Sanjay G. Adhia, MD, is board certified in forensic psychiatry, brain injury medicine and psychiatry. He sees patients for emotional distress, mental health injuries and brain injury concerns that may be triggered by factors such as personal injury, undue influence, changed competency, medical malpractice, physical and emotional abuse, violence, or criminal behavior. His clinical focus is treating the neuropsychiatric complications of brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury.

Dr. Adhia is skilled in evaluating PTSD, anxiety and depressive disorders, risk of suicide, and malingering. He is experienced in the impact of drug and alcohol abuse on decision-making. In psychiatric hospitals, Dr. Adhia treats psychosis: schizophrenia and psychotic disorders such as hallucinations or delusions.

Dr. Adhia is also an assistant professor of psychiatry at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Previously, he served as the medical director of PACE Mental Health where he treated those with psychiatric disorders, opioid dependence, and other addictions.

Dr. Adhia also volunteers with Physicians for Human Rights – Asylum Network and Daya Houston, conducting forensic assessments of victims of kidnapping and false imprisonment, human trafficking, undue influence, physical and sexual abuse, and rape.