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Barden is a [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Latter-day Saint]]and served as the Bishop of the Lake Nokomis congregation serving inner city Minneapolis.
Barden is a [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Latter-day Saint]] and served as the Bishop of the Lake Nokomis congregation serving inner city Minneapolis.
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Christopher Barden
Born 1954
Residence Edina, Minnesota
Profession attorney, psychologist
Political Affiliation Republican Party of Minnesota
Alma mater University of Minnesota
University of California
Harvard Law School

R. Christopher "Chris" Barden (born 1954) Ph.D., J.D., L.P. is a scientist, clinical psychologist and attorney who lives in Edina, Minnesota. He served as the director of the National Association for Consumer Protection In Mental Health Practices (NACPMHP) from 1995-2005. In 2005, the NACPMHP merged into the Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health (CSMMH), a national health care consumer protection agency whose members include physicians, scientists and researchers.[1]

Chris Barden in 2010

Biography

Education

Barden was educated at the Institute for Child Development at the University of Minnesota, receiving his B.A. Summa Cum Laude, Distinguished Graduating Senior Award, in 1976. He attended graduate school at the University of California in Berkeley, the University of Minnesota, and the Palo Alto V.A./Stanford University Medical Center, where he interned, receiving his Ph.D. in Child and Adult Clinical Psychology in 1982. He later attended Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, receiving his J.D. cum laude in 1992. He became a licensed psychologist in Texas in 1984 and in Minnesota in 1988. He has been a licensed Minnesota attorney since 1992, and a certified Minnesota mediator since 1994.[2]

Career

R. Chris Barden, Ph.D., J.D., L.P. has worked as a scientist, psychologist, attorney, and expert witness. Barden has published in 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 multiple federal and state courts. Barden has also helped draft and enact successful national health care legislation mandating reforms in the U.S. Emergency Medical System for Children.[3] Barden has applied a multidisciplinary, litigation-policy team approach to institute reforms in the U.S. emergency medical, legal, and mental health systems. In 2006, Barden drafted an amicus curiae brief to the California Supreme Court signed by nearly 100 international experts in the fields of human memory, neuroscience, psychiatry, and psychology emphasizing the lack of credible scientific support for "repressed and recovered memories.[4]

Psychiatric Malpractice Cases Regarding "Repressed Memory Therapy" and "Multiple Personality Disorder"

Barden has participated as an attorney, consultant, and expert witness in multiple malpractice lawsuits against therapists, and has spoken out against therapies such as “repressed and recovered memory therapies,”[5] “rebirthing therapies”[6] and “holding therapies.”[7]

Hamanne v. Humenansky (1994)

Barden represented V. Hamanne in her suit against her former psychiatrist, Diane Humenansky, for implanting false memories of child abuse using “repressed memory therapy.”[8][9] Expert witnesses Dr. Elizabeth Loftus and Dr. Richard Ofshe testified that repressed memory therapy was unsupported by scientific evidence and dangerous.[10] The jury awarded Hamanne $2.6 Million for pain and suffering, lost earnings, and medical expenses.[9] Dr. Humenansky license was later suspended.[11]

Carlson v. Humenansky (1996)

Barden also represented E. Carlson in her suit against Dr. Humenansky for using “repressed memory therapy.[12][13]

Burgus v. Braun (1997)

Barden represented P. Burgess in her malpractice suit against Dr. Bennett Braun. Burgess claimed that Braun’s use of repressed memory therapy and his diagnosis of “multiple personality disorder” caused them severe emotional, psychological, and financial harm. The case was settled in 1997 for a record $10.6 Million. A wave of international media attention from this case—including a page 1, col. 1 story in the NYTimes—was instrumental in subsequent mental health reforms.[14][15]

Reform litigation regarding "Rebirthing Therapy" and Coercive "Holding Therapy"

"REBIRTHING THERAPY": Barden joined forces with the national media as well as prosecutors and legislators in Colorado to end “rebirthing therapy” in the U.S.[16] "It's easily the most reckless and abusive treatment of a child I've ever seen," said Christopher Barden, a psychologist and lawyer who specializes in psychotherapy abuse cases. Barden testified for Jefferson County prosecutors in their criminal case against Evergreen therapists Connell Watkins and Julie Ponder. The pair are charged in connection with the April 18 rebirthing session that killed Candace Newmaker, a 10-year-old adopted girl from North Carolina.” ; See, Janofsky, M. Girl's Death Brings Ban on Kind of 'Therapy'. New York Times. April 18, 2001; Peggy Lowe, Rebirthing team convicted: Two therapists face mandatory terms of 16 to 48 years in jail, Rocky Mountain News, April 21, 2001.

COERCIVE "HOLDING THERAPY": Barden was appointed Special Assistant Attorney General in Utah to assist in the prosecution of “coercive attachment” therapists. Joint litigation and legislative efforts closed the clinic and ended these practices. See, Santini, J., Legislative Panel Backs Measure That Would Ban 'Holding Therapy', The Salt Lake Tribune, September 20, 2002, Friday, at Pg. A10. "Before voting to support the measure, the Child Welfare Oversight Panel on Thursday considered testimony from Christopher Barden, an expert in child psychology, who called coercive therapy "quackery." "These therapists really believe they are helping people," Barden said, "just like lobotomizers believed they were helping people." The bill Barden co-authored and supported (HB05) to ban abusive practices passed the Utah House of Representatives by a 68-2 margin.

Political campaign

On April 28, 2010, Barden announced that he would seek the Republican Party of Minnesota's endorsement for Attorney General of Minnesota.[17] He received that endorsement at the party's state convention on April 29, 2010, and lost his challenge to incumbent Attorney General Lori Swanson in the November 2010 general election.[18]

Public Service 

    Barden is a Latter-day Saint and served as the Bishop of the Lake Nokomis congregation serving inner city Minneapolis.
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Consultant: Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Attorneys Office,and Office of the Federal Public Defender State Prosecution Expert Witness, Colorado State Prosecution Expert Consultant, Washington State Prosecution Expert Witness, Texas State Prosecution Expert Consultant, Wisconsin State Office of the Public Defender (MN, WI, UT) Invited Training Speaker, American Bar Association Invited Training Speaker, American Psychological Association Invited Training Speaker, U.S. Surgeon General’s Conference Invited Training Speaker, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York Invited Speaker at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, UC Berkeley, U of MN, U of TX, U of IA, U of GA, USC, SMU, Penn State, U of NC, etc Special Asst. Attorney General, State of Utah Member, Minnesota State Board of Psychology Member, Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board Intern, Harvard Medical School/Law School Forensic Program Intern, Attorney General’s Office, State of Massachusetts Consultant to a number of states regarding Mental Health Professional Licensing Bd.Actions

References

  1. ^ "CSMMH". CSMMH. Archived from the original on September 25, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "R. Christopher Barden, Ph.D., J.D., LP (Resume)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Barden, R. C., Kinscherff, R., George, W., Flyer, R., Seidel, J., & Henderson, D., (1993), Emergency Medical Care and Injury Prevention Systems for Children: An Economic-Medical-Legal-Psychological Analysis and Legislative Proposals, Harvard Journal on Legislation, Vol. 30, No. 2, pgs 461497.
  4. ^ Barden, R. C. Amicus Brief in Taus v. Loftus, Supreme Court of California, Feb. 21, 2006.
  5. ^ "Truth and Responsibility in Mental Health Practices Act -- The Barden Letter". Stop Bad Therapy. January 5, 1995. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  6. ^ Monica Pignotti (September 23, 2011). "R. Christopher Barden Defeats Junk and Pseudoscience in the Courtroom". Potentially Harmful and Other Questionable Therapies. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  7. ^ "DR. BARDEN'S RESPONSES TO SENATOR HELLEWELL'S QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS" (PDF). February 13, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2003. Retrieved April 7, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Gustafson, Paul. Jury awards patient $2.6 million: Verdict finds therapist Humenansky liable in repressed memory trial Minneapolis St. Paul Tribune, August 1, 1995
  9. ^ a b Associated Press, False-Memory Patient Wins Suit, The Globe and Mail (Canada), Aug. 2, 1995.
  10. ^ Associated Press, Doctor Loses False-memory Suit, Chicago Tribune, Wed. Aug. 2, 1995, Sec. 1, pg. 12
  11. ^ Paul Gustafson (February 8, 1997). "Board suspends license of psychiatrist Diane Humenansky". Star Tribune. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  12. ^ "More Recovered Memory Woes". City Pages. January 31, 1996. Archived from the original on September 30, 2010. Retrieved April 8, 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Guthrey, M. and Kaplan, T., 2nd Patient Wins Against Psychiatrist: Accusation of planting memories brings multi-million dollar verdict. St. Paul Pioneer Press, Jan. 25, 1996, 4B.
  14. ^ [Belluck, P. She Recovered Memories, Then Millions in Damages, The New York Times, pg 1, col 1, Nov 9, 1997]
  15. ^ [Keenan, M., "The Devil and Dr. Braun," New City, Chicago, IL, June 22, 1995]
  16. ^ See, Rouse, Karen. Rebirthing verdict may curb restraint therapy. Denver Post, April 22, 2001 See, Lowe, Peggy. Ethics specialist blasts 'rebirthing'. Rocky Mountain News, April 13, 2001.
  17. ^ "Republican Kicks Off Bid To Unseat AG Swanson". wcco.com. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2010-10-22. [dead link‍]
  18. ^ Helgeson, Baird (2010-04-29). "Barden receives GOP nod for attorney general". StarTribune.com. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
  19. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20180125044825/http://finance-commerce.com/2010/08/republican-ag-candidate-a-complete-unknown-to-state-politicos-voters/
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