Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship: William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute/University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, 1993

Residency: William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute, Columbia, South Carolina, 1992

Board Certification:
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1994 (General and Forensic Psychiatry)
Recertified, Forensic Psychiatry, 2002

Special Interests: Forensic psychiatry, criminal responsibility evaluations, competency to stand trial, medical malpractice, fitness for duty evaluations of professionals

Dr. Richard Frierson completed all of his education and post-graduate training at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. After receiving a bachelor of arts in music, he earned a doctor of medicine from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. A general psychiatry residency and forensic psychiatry fellowship were completed at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, in conjunction with William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute, Columbia, S.C.

A faculty member since 1993, Dr. Frierson is a professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science. Since 1999 he has also served as Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program. He is board certified in psychiatry and forensic psychiatry, and has special interests in forensic psychiatry, criminal responsibility evaluations, competency to stand trial, medical malpractice, fitness for duty evaluations of professionals. His research interests include murder defendents and juror and lawyer understanding of mental illness.