Positions
Professor, Adult, Child / Adolescent, & Forensic Psychiatry
- Organization:
- West Virginia University School of Medicine
- Department:
- Behavioral Medicine & Psychiatry
- Classification:
- Faculty
Vice Chair, Clinical Services
Chief of Staff, West Virginia University Hospitals
- Organization:
- West Virginia University School of Medicine
- Department:
- Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (SOM)
- Classification:
- Clinical Faculty
Education
- MD, West Virginia University, 2005
Publications
2025
Law KB, McCord C, Ward MM, Ullrich F, Marcin JP, Carter KD, Nelson EL, Merchant KAS. Differences in Behavioral Health Treatment among Rural American Clinics Utilizing In-Person and Telehealth Treatment Modalities. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science 2025. DOI: 10.1007/s41347-024-00436-4
2024
Perle JG, Zheng W, Gardner L, Law KB. Editorial: Education, training, and competency development for mental health-focused telehealth providers. Front Psychol 2024;15:1443750. PMID: 38957881. PMCID: PMC11217531. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1443750
Pustay D, Hopkins J, Law KB. Antidepressants. Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology, Elsevier 2024. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-95702-1.00061-0
Ward MM, Bhagianadh D, Carter KD, Ullrich F, Marcin JP, McCord C, Law KB, Nelson EL, Merchant KAS. Comparison of Treatment Modality Crossovers in Telehealth and In-Person Behavioral Health Treatment in Rural Communities. Telemed J E Health 2024;30(3):677-684. PMID: 37751202. DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2023.0220
2023
Abascal AM, Lillard CM, Law KB, Jasinski NE. Curriculum Development for Competencies in Forensic Telemental Health Evaluations. J of Tech in Behavioral Science 2023. DOI: 10.1007/s41347-023-00333-2
Neufeld J, Ulrich FU, Merchant KAS, Bhagianadh D, Carter KD, Marcin JP, Nelson EL, McCord C, Law KB, Ward MM. Change in drug use disorders identification test – consumption (DUDIT-C) with telehealth treatment compared to in-person treatment. Substance Use & Misuse 2023;58(9):1168-1171. PMID: 37217828. DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2023.2212038
Perle JG, Ludrosky J, Law KB. Technologically Punctual? A Preliminary Evaluation of Differences between Face-to-Face and Video Check-In Times for Initial Mental Health Services. J Behav Health Serv Res 2023. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37430132. DOI: 10.1007/s11414-023-09848-1
Ward MM, Carter KD, Bhagianadh D, Ullrich F, Merchant KAS, Marcin JP, Law KB, McCord C, Neufeld J, Nelson EL, Shane DM. Comparison of Telehealth and In-Person Behavioral Health Services and Payment in a Large Rural Multisite Usual Care Study. Telemed J E Health 2023. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37036816. DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2022.0445
Ward MM, Ullrich F, Bhagianadh D, Nelson EL, Marcin JP, Carter KD, Law KB, McCord C, Neufeld J, Merchant KAS. Telehealth and In-Person Behavioral Health Services in Rural Communities Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multisite Prospective Cohort Study. JMIR Ment Health 2023;10:e47047. PMID: 37721793. PMCID: PMC10508259. DOI: 10.2196/47047
Winstanley EL, Newhouse A, Law KB. The impact of opioid use disorder on families and children. In Dunn KE (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Opioids and Opioid Use Disorder 2023:C37S1-C37S18. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197618431.013.37
2022
Bossarte RM, Kessler RC, Nierenberg AA, Chattopadhyay A, Cuijpers P, Enrique A, Foxworth PM, Gildea SM, Belnap BH, Haut MW, Law KB, Lewis WD, Liu H, Luedtke AR, Pigeon WR, Rhodes LA, Richards D, Rollman BL, Sampson NA, Stokes CM, Torous J, Webb TD, Zubizarreta JR. The Appalachia Mind Health Initiative (AMHI): a pragmatic randomized clinical trial of adjunctive internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for treating major depressive disorder among primary care patients. Trials 2022;23(1):520. PMID: 35725644. PMCID: PMC9207842. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06438-y
McCord C, Ullrich F, Merchant KAS, Bhagianadh D, Carter KD, Nelson E, Marcin JP, Law KB, Neufeld J, Giovanetti A, Ward MM. Comparison of in-person vs. telebehavioral health outcomes from rural populations across America. BMC Psychiatry 2022;22(1):778. PMID: 36496352. PMCID: PMC9736702. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-022-04421-0
2021
Winstanley EL, Lander LR, Zheng W, Law KB, Six-Workman A, Berry JH. Rapid Transition of Individual and Group-based Behavioral Outpatient Visits to Telepsychiatry in Response to COVID-19. Journal of Addiction Medicine 2021;15(3):263-265. PMID: 33105168. DOI:10.1097/ADM.0000000000000748
Publications Prior to 2021:
Aliana Abascal, Cheryl Hill, Kari-Beth Law, Exclusion of Psychiatric Diagnosis and Substance Use in Consideration of Death Penalty Case Appeal, Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online Mar 2018, 46 (1) 122-124; http://jaapl.org/content/46/1/122
Wenzke CA, Hill C, Law KB. Constitutional Rights Violations in Civil Commitment. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2017 Mar;45(1):105-107. PMID: 28270471 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28270471
Geary, III, R., Law, Kari-Beth. Conflicting Expert Witness Testimony in Insanity Defense. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online. December 1, 2015 vol 43 no. 4 511-512.
Patient Care Information
Medical Specialties
- Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Forensic Psychiatry
Board Certifications
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Forensic Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Special Training
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Fellowship, Forensic Psychiatry
University of South Carolina, 2011 -
Fellowship, Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
Medical University of South Carolina, 2010 -
Residency, General Psychiatry
Medical University of South Carolina, 2008