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Lectures/Presentations:

Determination of Manifest Dangerousness: An Overview of the Dangerousness Review Board and Facility Review Board
(Presenter, 2025 Kerrville Forensic Conference, Kerrville State Hospital, Kerrville, TX, June 4, 2025)

Utilization of the Standardized Clinically Based Competency Screen
(Presenter, Texas Health and Human Services, Austin, TX, December 19, 2024)

Behind the Curtain: Competency Restoration at Texas State Hospitals
(Convener/Moderator, Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health Summit, Allen, TX, November 21, 2024)

It Takes a Village: Collaboration across the Continuum of Care through HHSC's Jail In-Reach Learning Collaborative
(Convener/Moderator, Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health Summit, Allen, TX, November 21, 2024)

Court-Ordered Medication Training
(Presenter, Texas Health and Human Services, Austin, TX, November 5, 2024)

Navigating Competency Restoration in Texas: Inpatient Care and Considerations for Alternative Pathways
(Presenter, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Mental Health Seminar, South Padre Island, TX, October 24, 2024)

Determination of Manifest Dangerousness: An Overview of the Dangerousness Review Board and Facility Review Board
(Presenter, 2024 Forensic Mental Health Conference, North Texas State Hospital, Vernon, TX, October 18, 2024)

Court-Ordered Medication Training
(Presenter, Hill County MHDD, New Braunfels, TX, October 4, 2024)

Reimagining Correctional Psychiatry
(Panelist, PsychSummit Webinar, November 15, 2023)

Determination of Manifest Dangerousness: An Overview of the Dangerousness Review Board and Facility Review Board
(Presenter, 2023 Forensic Mental Health Conference, North Texas State Hospital, Vernon, TX, October 26, 2023)

Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity: Best Practices for Outpatient Coordination, Communication and Reporting
(Presenter, Texas Health and Human Services, Austin, TX, September 11 and 27, 2023)

Data-Driven Decision-Making and Impact of Data Collection
(Presenter, Texas State Hospitals Visioning Session, Austin, TX, July 26, 2023)

Social Determinants of LGBTQIA+ Mental Health
(Convener/Panelist, United Nations, NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York, NY, June 8, 2023)

Identidad, Comunidad, y Cuidado Mental Competente: Past, Present, and Future of Mental Health Care in the LatinX Community
(Convener/Panelist, 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, CA, May 21, 2023)

Texas State Hospitals: Forensic System Improvement Initiatives for Competency Restoration Services
(Panelist, Capacity for Justice Spring 2023 Conference, Austin, TX, May 11, 2023)

Best Practices in Providing Effective Competency Restoration Education – The Texas State Hospitals Competency Restoration Curriculum
(Presenter, Texas Health and Human Services, Austin, TX, May 1, 2023)

Competency Restoration in Texas: Overview and Best Practices
(Panelist, Eliminate the Wait Central Texas Summit, Austin, TX, December 1, 2022)

Lessons Learned from HHSC Jail In-Reach Learning Collaborative
(Convener/Moderator, Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health Summit, Grapevine, TX, November 4, 2022)

Forensic-Focused Treatment Planning
(Presenter, 2022 Forensic Mental Health Conference, North Texas State Hospital, Vernon, TX, October 18, 2022)

Keynote Address
(Presenter, 2022 Forensic Mental Health Conference, North Texas State Hospital, Vernon, TX, October 18, 2022)

North Texas Behavioral Health Authority Court-Ordered Medications Training
(Presenter, Texas Health and Human Services, Austin, TX, September 28, 2022)

Converting Our Understanding Towards Inclusive Care: An LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Program
(Convener/Panelist, United Nations, NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York, NY, June 16, 2022)

Texas State Hospital System: Collaboration Across the Continuum of Care
(Presenter, Texas Health and Specialty Care System Lunch and Learn Series, Austin, TX, June 15, 2022)

Texas State Hospital System: Collaboration Across the Continuum of Care
(Presenter, Texas District & County Attorneys Association, Austin, TX, June 6, 2022)

Statewide Diversion Efforts in Texas
(Panelist, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, Webinar, April 7, 2022)

Forensic Psychiatry Care in the Texas State Hospital System & Beyond: Collaboration across the Behavioral Health/Justice Involved Continuum of Care
(Presenter, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, McGovern Medical School, UT Health Houston, Houston, TX, February 23, 2022)

Texas State Hospital System: Collaboration Across the Continuum of Care
(Presenter, Mental Health Seminar, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, South Padre Island, TX, November 19, 2021)

A Planetary State of Mind: A Climate Change and Mental Health Program
(Convener/Panelist, United Nations, NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York, NY, November 11, 2021)

Fireside Chat on Competency Restoration
(Panelist, Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health Summit, Georgetown, TX, October 15, 2021)

Helping Your Patients Deal with Adverse Effects of Climate Change as a Sociopolitical Determinant
(Panelist, American Psychiatric Association Mental Health Services Conference, Webinar, October 15, 2021)

Outpatient Management Plans: Creating a Statewide Approach for Successful Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) Transitions to Community Living
(Presenter, Texas Health and Human Services, Austin, TX, August 20, 2021)

Building Advocacy into Your Career as a Physician
(Panelist, Mental Health Policy & Advocacy in Action, UT Health San Antonio, Psychiatry Residency Program, San Antonio, TX, August 17, 2021)

Beyond the Binary: LGBTQIA+ Mental Health & Policy
(Convener/Panelist, United Nations NGO Committee on Mental Health's Program on LGBTQIA+ Mental Health in New York, NY, June 10, 2021)

Texas State Hospital System: Collaboration Across the Continuum of Care
(Panelist, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association “Lunch and Learn”, March 29, 2021)

Through the Looking Glass: Lessons Learned on the Campaign Trail and Exploring the Future of APA Elections
(Convener/Panelist, 2021 American Psychiatric Association On Demand, March 23, 2021)

Labor of Love: A Gay Couple's Surrogacy “Journey” – Myths & Facts
(Convener/Panelist, 2020 American Psychiatric Association On Demand, May 28, 2020

Telehealth in the COVID-19 Era
(Panelist, United Nations NGO Committee on Mental Health's Program on Refugee/Migrant Mental Health, New York, NY, April 30, 2020)

Climate Change and Mental Health
(Moderator/Panelist, PsychSummit, Webinar, January 15, 2020)

ECT Over Objection: Clinical, Legal and Ethical Challenges
(Convener/Panelist, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, January 16, 2019)

Management of Severe Agitation in Emergency Room Settings: Establishing Code White
(Poster Presentation, 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, New York, NY, May 8, 2018)

Schizophrenia with Dissociative Episodes versus Dissociative Identity Disorder: Case Report
(Poster Presentation, 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, New York, NY, May 7, 2018)

Morbidity and Mortality: An Inpatient Disappearance after Discharge
(Convener/Panelist, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, January 11, 2017)

Decoding New York State's Prescription Monitoring Program
(Poster Presentation, 47th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Portland, OR, October 28, 2016)

Forensic Aspects of Psychosocial & Mental Disabilities
(Panelist, United Nations' 8th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, New York, NY, June 11, 2015)

Spiritual or Psychotic?: Culture and Forensic Psychiatry
(Panelist, 45th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Chicago, IL, October 26, 2014)

DSM-5 Primer for Mental Health Professionals

Landmark Mental Health Cases

Treatment Planning 101: A Guide for Mental Health Clinicians

Overcoming Stigma: Psychoeducation for Patients

Behind the Shadows: Stalking in the United States

Basic Law Primer for Mental Health Professionals

Criminal Competencies: Am I Fit to Proceed?

Accuracy in the Assessment of Competence to Stand Trial

The Insanity Defense: Beyond the Wild Beast

Civil Competencies: Am I Competent to…?

Civil Commitment

Confidentiality and Privilege: Tarasoff and Beyond

Violence Risk Assessment

Suicide Risk Assessment

Sex Offense Laws

Malingering and Symptom Amplification

Psychiatric Disability

Forensic Psychiatry Didactic Series

Death Penalty

Culture-Bound Syndromes in the Latino Population

Help-Seeking Behavior and Challenges in the Access to Mental Health Care in the Latino Population

Improving Customer Service in the Outpatient Mental Health Setting

Somatoform Disorders

Mood Disorders

Risks of Poly-Pharmacy and Medication Interactions

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) and Serotonin Syndrome

Treatment of Psychosis in a Pregnant, Hearing-Impaired, and Mentally Retarded Woman: A Case Conference

Club Drugs

Forgive and Forget: Guilt, Repression and Depression

Publications:

Brainch, N., Virani, S., Torres, F., Bodic, M., Zaveri, D. (2019). A Case of Psychosis and Dissociation in a 38-Year-Old Woman. Psychiatric Annals 49(8): 369-372.

Virani, S., Aoun, E.G., Torres, F., Genova, N., Brainch, N., Albuquerque Gomes, C., Ahmed, S., Hurley, B., Bazzi, L. (2018, September). Decoding New York State's Prescription Monitoring Program. Psychiatric Services 69(9): 956-958.

Torres, Felix E. "Help-Seeking Behavior and Access to Mental Health Care." The American Latino: Psychodynamic Perspectives on Culture and Mental Health Issues. Ed. Salman Akhtar and Solange Margery Bertoglia. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Torres, Felix E.; Watson, Clarence. "A Mentally Ill Alien’s Challenge to Removal from the United States Under the Convention Against Torture." Legal Digest Commentary on Villegas v. Mukasey 523 F.3d 984 (9th Cir. 2008). Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 37: 413-415, 2009.