Psychiatrist Dr David Spiegel from Virginia has faced a lot of criticism after his recent defense Amber Heard and Johnny Depp case
Dr. David R Spiegel is the MD and a professor of the psychiatry and behavioral sciences. He is grabbing a lot of limelight in the Amber Heard case.
Know Who Is Virginia Psychiatrist Dr David Spiegel, Biography, Age, Education, Johnny Depp Amber Heard Case Testimony
After finishing his bachelor’s degree in the subject of psychology at the University of Duke, David attended the State University of the New York’s Health Science Centre based in Brooklyn. David earned his medical degree. While his age is not known, he is believed to be aged between 60-70 years.
It was while he was studying in New York when Spiegel developed his interest in cognitive therapy for anxiety disorders as per of his professional biography on the Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) website.
Later on, he finished his psychiatry residency at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Hershey-Penn State. Dr. Spiegel joined the EVMS 21 years ago, in the year 2001, after numerous years in private practice. David has published numerous academic articles on anxiety disorders and psychological ailments.
They include schizophrenia, peripartum obsessive-compulsive disorder; psychosis, paramnesia, as well as the patients who have been suffering from sexual or child abuse.
Dr. David Spiegel’s practice is in Norfolk, Virginia. It’s about 200 miles south of the Fairfax, where the Depp Heard case is taking place. According to the reports in the UK’s Daily Mail newspaper, a majority of Dr. Spiegel’s patients have substance abuse problems. David has apparently treated more than “thousands” of patients.
Dr. David Spiegel In Amber Heard Case
Dr. David Spiegel stated in his testimony that he has studied the effects of the drugs and alcohol on the brain, and the causes and effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) during his career and vast experience. He also added half of his patients suffer from the trauma, and between a quarter and a fifth of those suffering from IPV.
According to the reports of court documents relating to earlier legal proceedings between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, Dr. David Spiegel is a board-certificated psychiatrist licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine, and “in good standing”. He states that “Depp has this disorder”.