Books
Reicherter D, Van Schaack B, Chhang Y (Eds.)(2011). Cambodia’s Hidden Scars: Trauma Psychology in the Wake of the Khmer Rouge. Documentation Center of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Reicherter D, Van Schaack B, (Eds.)(2017). Cambodia’s Hidden Scars: Trauma Psychology and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Documentation Center of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh, Reicherter D editor (2020). Trauma-Informed Investigations; Field Guide. United Nations Press, United Nations, New York, NY.
United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh, Reicherter D editor (2022). Trauma-Informed Investigations; Reference Manual. United Nations Press, United Nations, New York, NY.
Reicherter D, Brown,L, (Eds.)(2024). Cambodia’s Hidden Scars: Volume 3 Documentation Center of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Book Chapters
Reicherter D, Alyward A (2009). The Psychology of Oppression: Human Rights Abuses in the Mekong Delta. In Khmer Krom Journey to Self Determination, Khmer Krom Federation, Pennsauken, NJ.
Reicherter D, Rong V (2009). Mindfulness Meditation After Trauma. In Khmer Krom Journey to Self Determination, Khmer Krom Federation, Pennsauken, NJ.
Reicherter D, Alyward A, Student A, Koopman C (2010). The Psychology of Denial in the Political Context: The Case of Torture. In The Psychology of Denial, SK Ogden and AD Biebers (Eds.), Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY.
Reicherter D, Aylward A (2011). The Impact of War and Genocide on Psychiatry and Social Psychology. In Cambodia’s Hidden Scars: Trauma Psychology in the Wake of the Khmer Rouge, D Reicherter, B Van Schaack, and Y Chang (Eds.), Documentation Center of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Reicherter D, Eng X (2011). Cambodian Perspectives on the Resources for Trauma Related Mental Health. In Cambodia’s Hidden Scars: Trauma Psychology in the Wake of the Khmer Rouge, D Reicherter, B Van Schaack, and Y Chang (Eds.), Documentation Center of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Reicherter D, Boehnlein J, Stewart J(2011). Analysis of Trauma Related Mental Health Resources in Cambodia: Consensus Ideas for an Improved Method. In Cambodia’s Hidden Scars: Trauma Psychology in the Wake of the Khmer Rouge, D Reicherter, B Van Schaack, and Y Chang (Eds.), Documentation Center of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Reicherter D, van Schaack B, Chhang Y (2011). Mental Health Reform: Toward a National Program for Trauma Related Mental Health in Cambodia. In Cambodia’s Hidden Scars: Trauma Psychology in the Wake of the Khmer Rouge, D Reicherter, B Van Schaack, and Y Chang (Eds.), Documentation Center of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Reicherter D, Sugarbaker R (2013). Mental Health Consequences of War and Political Conflict. In The International Handbook of Psychiatry: A Concise Guide for Medical Students, Residents, and Medical Practitioners, LW Roberts (Ed.), World Scientific Publishing, Hackensack, NJ.
Fleming J., Reicherter D (2015) The Earthquake: Creating Legal Access for Haitian Rape Survivors. In Partnering for Mental Health: Stories of Community and Academic Collaboration. Roberts L, Reicherter D, Joshi S, Adelsheim S (2015). Springer Publishing, New York, NY.
Reicherter D, Bay S, Phen B, Chan T, Lee Y (2015) The Cambodian Lotus Thrives Under a California Sun: How a Mental Health Clinic Partnered with a Khmer Buddhist Temple to Reach Killing Fields Refugees Living in California. In Partnering for Mental Health: Stories of Community and Academic Collaboration. Roberts L, Reicherter D, Joshi S, Adelsheim S (2015). Springer Publishing, New York, NY.
Reicherter D, Matlow R, Reed D, Williamson R, (2017). Creating Lab Reports on Psychological Outcomes of Political Violence in Human Rights Criminal Cases: Human Rights in Trauma Mental Health Laboratory at Stanford University. In Cambodia’s Hidden Scars: Trauma Psychology in the Wake of the Khmer Rouge, D Reicherter, B Van Schaack, and Y Chang (Eds.), Documentation Center of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Reicherter D, the Stanford University Human Rights in Trauma Mental Health Laboratory (2017). Mental Health Outcomes Resulting from Crimes Committed by the Khmer Rouge Regime Before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Case 002/2. In Cambodia’s Hidden Scars: Trauma Psychology in the Wake of the Khmer Rouge, D Reicherter, B Van Schaack, and Y Chang (Eds.), Documentation Center of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Kletter, H, Kang, J, Trager, E, Friedman, M, & Reicherter, D, (2020). Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress in Transitional Age Youth. In V Chan & J Derenne (eds.) Transition Age Youth Mental Health Care: Bridging the Gap between Pediatric and Adult Psychiatry. Springer Publications.
Reicherter D,(lab) (2024). Psychology as a Target of Human Rights Violations.
In Cambodia’s Hidden Scars: Trauma Psychology in the Wake of the Khmer Rouge, D Reicherter, L Brown (Eds.), Documentation Center of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Reicherter D,(lab) (2024). Trauma Informed Approach to Transitional Justice
In Cambodia’s Hidden Scars: Trauma Psychology in the Wake of the Khmer Rouge, D Reicherter, L Brown (Eds.), Documentation Center of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Reicherter D., Sandman G. [2025] “Trauma and the Need for Trauma-Informed Models in American Lawyering and in Attorney Education” American Bar Association’s handbook, Representing People with Trauma: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers (ABA Publishing)
Reicherter D., Sandman G, [2025] “Psychiatric Consequences of Trauma.” American Bar Association’s handbook, Representing People with Trauma: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers (ABA Publishing)
Sandman G. Reicherter D., [2025] “Torture” Encyclopedia of Religious Psychology and Behavior, Springer
Reicherter D., Sandman, [2025] “Interacting and interviewing survivors and witnesses of Human Rights Atrocities” for The Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Terrorism and Terrorist Behavior.
Peer Reviewed Articles
Wanat S, Whisnant J, Reicherter D, Solvason B, Juul S, Penrose B, Koopman C (2010). Coping with the challenges of living in an Indonesian residential institution. Health Policy, 96(1):45-50.
Saechao F, Sharrock S, Reicherter D, Livingston JD, Aylward A, Whisnant J, Koopman C, Kohli S (2011). Stressors and Barriers to utilizing mental health services among diverse groups of first generation immigrants to the United States. Community Mental Health Journal, 48(1), 98-106.
Reicherter D, Carrion V, Aylward A (2012). Building an effective medico-legal intervention model in post-earthquake Haiti. Revista de AEPNYA, October.
Reicherter D, Gray G (2012). Reconciliation in Cambodia. Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, 22(1), 58-59.
Kletter H, Rialon E, Laor N, Brom D, Pat-Horenczyk R, Shaheen M, Hamiel D, Chemtom C, Weems C, Feinstein C, Leiberman A, Reicherter D, Song S, Carrion V (2013). Helping children exposed to war and violence: perspectives from an international work group on interventions for youth and families. Child Youth Care Forum, August.
Khan CT, Louie AK, Reicherter D, Roberts LW. (2016) What Is the Role of Academic Departments of Psychiatry in Advancing Global Mental Health? Academic Psychiatry. 2016 Mar 14
Matlow R. B. & Reicherter, D. (2018) Reducing protections for noncitizen children – Exacerbating harm and trauma. New England Journal of Medicine. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1814340. 2018
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Matlow, R.B., Martinez, W., Javidan, P., Brunner, J., Gutierrez, J.R., Gomez, A., Reicherter, D... & Chhabra, D. (Consensus Report on Factors Influencing the Decisions, Acts, and Behaviors of Immigrant Children and Youth Seeking Refuge in the United States.) Stanford Human Rights and Trauma Mental Health Program. Stanford, CA. (2018)
Reicherter, D., Wang, SR., Ohrtman, T.N. et al. Implementation of Trauma-informed Best Practices for International Criminal Investigations Conducted by the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD). Psychol. Inj. and Law (2022).
Expert Reports for Previous Cases: .
United States Federal Immigration Courts and International Immigration Courts Consultations with US Attorneys or International Attorneys More than 100 Interviews and Reports completed for Asylum Seekers surviving political persecution and/or torture.
Haiti Legal/Medical Project and Reed Smith, LLP Providing psychiatric consultation and assessments for this multi-disciplinary humanitarian parole project for vulnerable earthquake survivors. Psychiatric evaluations of Haitian rape survivors leading to the first ever protection paroles on the basis of psychiatric diagnoses. More than 60 humanitarian parole cases won in federal courts in the USA, Canada, and France based on forensic reports.
Extraordinary Chambers of Criminal Court’s Khmer Rouge TribunalPhnom Penh, Cambodia
Consulted with the civil party attorney on the use of mental health outcome evidence against the Khmer Rouge defendants. Book: “Cambodia’s Hidden Scars: Trauma Psychology in the Wake of the Khmer Rouge.” Accepted as evidence in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal Case 002/01
Lamp Lifeboat Ladder: Middle East Legal/Medical Project and Reed Smith, LLP
Providing psychiatric consultation and assessments for this multi-disciplinary resettlement project for survivors of the Syrian war. Psychiatric evaluations of Syrian and Iraqi rape survivors leading to protection paroles. More than 50 asylum/humanitarian cases won in international immigration courts, based assessments and reports.
International Criminal Court, The Hague Netherlands Expert Testimony Provided and Expert Report Provided: Mental Health Outcomes from Rape, Mass Rape, and other forms of Sexual Violence” ICC Prosecutor vs Jean Pierre Bemba Gombo.
United States; Federal Court, Northern District of California, Oakland, California
Expert Report on the Outcomes of Long-Term Solitary Confinement of Prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison (40 class members interviewed) Ashker vs. the Governor of the State of California
Extraordinary Chambers of Criminal Court’s Khmer Rouge Tribunal Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Consultation with the civil party attorney on the use of mental health outcomes as evidence against the Khmer Rouge defendants. Expert Report on the mental health outcomes of charges in Khmer Rouge Tribunal Case 002/02 accepted as evidence.
Superior Court of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone Expert Report on the Mental Health Outcomes of Human Rights Violations Caused by ECOMOG Occupation in Sierra Leone
United States; Federal District Court for the eastern district of Michigan Expert Report on Community Trauma in the Context of the Flint, Michigan Water Crisis
International Criminal Court, The Hague Netherlands Expert Testimony Provided for the case of ICC Prosecutor vs. Dominic OnGwen Expert Report has been Accepted and Used as evidence for the Civil Party Attorney; ICC Prosecutor vs. Dominic Ongwen
United States; Federal Court, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Expert Report submitted on the issue of the mental health of immigrant minors separated from their parents in the case of Reno v. Flores.
Matlow, R. B., Carrion, V. G., Reicherter, D., Wang, N. E., & Wise, P. Supporting the Mental Health of Migrant Children: Consulting Lawyers in Interviewing Children for the Flores Settlement. Consultant’s report on guidelines and recommendations for training attorneys and paralegals in interviewing children Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law Flores vs. Sessions.
Superior Court, Fiji Expert Report and Expert Testimony: “The Mental Health Consequences of Sexual Violence, Rape, and Child Rape in the Context of Child Rape in Fiji” The State v Peni Vukici in the High Court of Fiji at Suva
United States Federal Court, East District Virginia Expert Report and Expert Testimony: “The Mental Health Consequences of Torture in Somaliland” Warfaa v. Ali (Col. Tukeh)
Lamp Lifeboat Ladder; ReedSmith Collaboration w Stanford
Providing psychiatric consultation and assessments for this multi-disciplinary resettlement project for refugees seeking resettlement in The West.
More than 100 asylum/humanitarian cases to be resettled from the Middle East and Africa.
International Criminal Court, The Hague Netherlands
Expert Report: “Mental Health Outcomes of Trauma in the Central African Republic: Child Soldiering, Forcible Displacement, Rape and Sexual Slavery” The Prosecutor v. Alfred Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona
United Nations Security Council, New York
Expert Report: “Mental Health Outcomes in Victims of Da’esh”
For the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crime Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria
Expert Report and 8 Individual Assessments of trauma outcomes in Civilian Attacks in Libya
For “Tunalli v. Khalifa Hifter in United States Federal Court
United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crime Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD)
Expert Report: “Mental Health Outcomes in Yazidi Survivors of Da’esh”
For the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crime Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD)
International Criminal Court, The Hague Netherlands
Expert Report: “Mental Health Outcomes of Trauma in the Central African Republic: Sexual and Gender Based Crimes, Forced Displacement, and Child Soldiering”(Report to Civil Party Representatives) Situation in the Central African Republic II: ICC Prosecutor v. Alfred Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona