Elisha Agee, PsyD

Dr. Agee is a forensic clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences at the ILPPP, within the UVA School of Medicine. She also serves as the Associate Director of the Forensic Fellowship. As a clinician, she performs forensic evaluations (e.g., competency, sanity, violence risk, sexual offense recidivism risk) for state and federal courts, primarily in Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Some of her work involves assisting immigration proceedings or local social services. She is also a primary clinical supervisor in the ILPPP postdoctoral fellowship programs. Prior to being at ILPPP, Dr. Agee conducted assessments and provided treatment to individuals with major mental illness at psychiatric and state hospitals, as well as at intensive outpatient clinics. Her research interests include first episode psychosis, psychological trauma, violence risk, and law enforcement practices.

Research interests:

  • First episode psychosis

  • Law enforcement practices

Clinical interests:

  • First episode psychosis and other emerging mental illness

  • Posttraumatic stress

  • Violence risk assessment and sexual offense recidivism risk

  • Evaluations for sentencing and re-sentencing

Select Publications:

Murrie, D.C, Agee, E., Kelley, S. (in press). University clinic-based forensic mental health assessment. In K. Heilbrun & D. DeMatteo (Eds.), Community-based psychological services with justice-involved individuals. Oxford University Press.

Zelle, H., Kelley, S. M., Agee, E. R. (2023). Police interactions with persons with mental illness. In R. Roesch (Ed.) Routledge Encyclopedia of Psychology in the Real World: Vol. Psychology and law. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367198459-REPRW249-1

Warren, J.I., Jackson, S.L., Agee, E.R., Millsbaugh, S.B., Alam, M.F. (2022). Personality disorders among incarcerated adult and adolescent women. In S.L. Brown & L. Gelsthorpe (Eds.), The Wiley Handbook on What Works with Girls and Women in Conflict with the Law: A Critical Review of Theory, Practice, and Policy. Wiley Publishing.

Zelle, H., Kelley, S., Agee, E.R., & Seibert, W.L. (2021). Police use of force standards and mental health crises in the United States: Identifying research and policymaking. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2021.101750

Subotnik, K., Ventura, J., Hellemann, G.S., Zito, M.F., Agee, E.R., Nuechterlein, K.H. (2020). Relationship of poor insight to neurocognition, social cognition, and psychiatric symptoms in schizophrenia: A meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Research, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2020.03.038