R. Christopher "Chris" Barden (born 1954) Ph.D., J.D., L.P. is a scientist, clinical psychologist, and lawyer who lives in Edina, Minnesota. He served as director of the National Association for Consumer Protection in Mental Health Practice (NACPMHP) from 1995-2005. In 2005, NACPMHP joined the Commission for Medical Scientific and Mental Health (CSMMH), a national health care consumer protection agency whose members include doctors, scientists and researchers.
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Biography
Education
Barden was educated at the Institute for Child Development at the University of Minnesota, receiving a B.A. Summa Cum Laude, Distinction Graduating Senior Award, in 1976. He attended graduate school at the University of California at Berkeley, University of Minnesota, and Palo Alto V.A./Stanford University Medical Center, where he was an apprentice, received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology of Children and Adults in 1982. He later studied at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, receiving JD cum laude in 1992. He became a licensed psychologist in Texas in 1984 and in Minnesota in 1988. He has become Minnesota lawyers are licensed since 1992, and Minnesota mediators have been certified since 1994.
Career
R. Chris Barden, Ph.D., J.D., L.P. has worked as a scientist, psychologist, lawyer, and expert witness. Barden has published or edited journals and texts in child psychology, social psychology, clinical psychology, sports psychology, psychiatry, surgery, pediatrics, and law. He has testified as an expert witness in psychology, law, and scientific methodology in several federal and state courts. Barden has also helped draft and enact a national health care law that mandates reforms in the US Emergency Medical System for Children. Barden has adopted a multidisciplinary litigation policy team approach to institutionalize reforms in the emergency health, legal and mental health systems of the United States. In 2006, Barden compiled a brief amicus curiae to the California Supreme Court signed by nearly 100 international experts in the fields of human memory, neuroscience, psychiatry, and psychology that emphasized the lack of credible scientific support for "suppressed and restore memory.
The Psychiatric Malpractice Case Concerning "Depressed Memory Therapy" and "Multiple Personality Disorders"
Barden has participated as a lawyer, consultant, and expert witness in a variety of malpractice lawsuits against therapists, and has spoken out against therapies such as "depressed and recovered memory therapy," "recovery therapy" and "arrest therapy".
Consultant: Federal Bureau of Investigation, US Attorney's Office and State Prosecutor's Office of Public Prosecutors, Colorado State Expert Consultant, Washington District Attorney-Experts, Texas Regional Attorney Consultant, Wisconsin State Public Defender Office, WI, UT) Invited Training Speakers, American Bar Association Invites Training Speakers, Invited American Psychological Association Speaker Training, Speaker of US Conference Maid Training, US Conference, US Military Academy, West Point, New York Invites Speakers at Harvard, Yale, Columbia , UC Berkeley, U from MN, U of TX, U from IA, U from GA, USC, SMU, Penn State, U of NC, etc. Special Asst. Attorney General, Utah State Member, Minnesota State Psychology Council Member, Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board Intern, Harvard Medical School/Forensic Apprentice Program Law School, Attorney General's Office, Massachusetts State, Consultant for a number of Health Professional Permits Mental Bd.Actions
Hamanne v. Humenansky (1994)
Barden represents V. Hamanne in his suit against his former psychiatrist, Diane Humenansky, for inculcating fake memories of child abuse using "suppressed memory therapy." Expert witness Dr. Elizabeth Loftus and Dr. Richard Ofshe testified that pressure-pressure therapy is not supported by scientific and dangerous evidence. The jury gave Hamanne $ 2.6 million for pain and suffering, lost income, and medical expenses. Humenansky License is then suspended.
Carlson v. Humenansky (1996)
Barden also represents E. Carlson in his suit against Dr. Humenansky for using "suppressed memory therapy.
Burgus v. Braun (1997)
Barden is represented by P. Burgess in a malpractice suit against Dr. Bennett Braun. Burgess claims that the use of Braun memory therapy is suppressed and the diagnosis of "multiple personality disorder" causes them severe emotional, psychological, and financial losses. The case was finalized in 1997 with a record $ 10.6 Million. A wave of international media attention from the case - including page 1, col. 1 story on NYTimes - plays an important role in subsequent mental health reform.
Reformation litigation on "rebirthing Therapy" and coercive "Holding Therapy "
"REBIRTHING THERAPY": Barden combines strength with national media and prosecutors and legislators in Colorado to end "rebirth therapy" in the US "This is the most reckless and cruel treatment of children I have ever seen," Christopher said. Barden, a psychologist and lawyer who specializes in cases of psychotherapy abuse. Barden testified to Jefferson County prosecutors in their criminal case against Evergreen therapist Connell Watkins and Julie Ponder. The couple were accused in connection with an April 18 rebirth session that killed Candace Newmaker, a 10-year-old adopted girl from North Carolina. "Ã,, View, Janofsky, M. Girls Death Takes Ban on 'Therapy' Types New York Times, April 18, 2001, Peggy Lowe, Rebirthing team sentenced: , April 21, 2001.
COERCIVE "HOLDING THERAPY": Barden was appointed Special Assistant Attorney General in Utah to assist in the prosecution of "coercive" therapists. Joint litigation and legislative efforts close clinics and end these practices. See, Santini, J., Legislative Measure Panel Backs That Will Ban 'Hold Therapy', The Salt Lake Tribune, September 20, 2002, Friday, in Pg. A10. "Before choosing to support the move, the Child Welfare Monitoring Panel on Thursday considers testimony from Christopher Barden, a pediatric psychologist, who calls coercive therapy" quackery. "These therapists really believe they are helping people," says Barden, "just as lobotomizers believe they help people. "The Barden bill co-authored and supported (HB05) to prohibit rough practices through the Utah House of Representatives by a margin of 68-2.
Political campaign
On April 28, 2010, Barden announced that he would seek the support of the Republic of Minnesota for Minnesota's Attorney General. He received the support at the party state convention on 29 April 2010, and lost his challenge to incumbent Attorney General Lori Swanson in the November 2010 general election.
Personal Life
Barden is a Latter-day Saint and serves as a bishop in the Nokomis Lake Ward in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Barden has four children with his wife, Robin Jones. They are currently in the Minneapolis suburbs.
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References
External links
- "Barden Launches Campaign for Attorney General" MN Democrats Exposed 4/28/2010
- "Chris Barden challenges Lori Swanson to post Attorney General" City Page 4/28/2010
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