Rasim Arikan

Rasim Arikan serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School's School of Medicine, with clinical practice based at Worcester Recovery Center & Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts.

His educational background includes:

• PhD in Biophysics from Ege University (Izmir, Turkey)
• MD in Medicine from Hacettepe University (Ankara, Turkey)

Dr. Arikan's research centers on forensic psychiatry and mental health law, with critical examination of civil commitment procedures, involuntary hospitalization standards, and psychiatric disability evaluation frameworks. His work bridges clinical psychiatry with legal systems, particularly through comparative analysis of mental health legislation between Turkey and international jurisdictions. He investigates unresolved ethical dilemmas in psychosomatic medicine and the impact of regulatory oversight on forensic research.

Publication trends reveal consistent focus on psychiatry-law intersections since 2002, evolving from neuroscientific methods toward forensic psychiatry and mental health policy. His work demonstrates deep engagement with civil commitment systems, international mental health legislation, and ethical challenges in psychiatric practice, with significant contributions to Turkey's mental health legal frameworks.

Dr. Arikan collaborates with leading researchers including Paul Appelbaum and Nancy Byatt, and his conceptual network spans forensic psychiatry, mental health systems, and commitment of mentally ill persons as evidenced by publication-derived concepts and co-author relationships within UMass Chan's Psychiatry department.