Department head – Vahe Babayan
Born on: 5 December 1972, Yerevan
1979-1989 — studied at Yerevan Secondary School No 139
1991-1998 — studied at Yerevan State Medical University, Faculty of Medicine
1998-2000 — studied at Moscow State Scientific Center of Social and Forensic Psychiatry, Clinical Residency; received the qualification of forensic psychiatrist-expert and psychiatrist after graduation
2000-2002 — studied at Moscow State Scientific Center of Social and Forensic Psychiatry, PhD courses
2000-2011 — worked as a doctor-psychiatrist at Conscription Examinations Department of “Psychiatric Medical Centre” CJSC
2011-2017 — included as a psychiatrist-expert in the Central Medical Commission.
2012-2015 and 2017-2018 — Chairperson of the Inter-Departmental Ambulatory Forensic-Psychological Examinations Commission adjunct to the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Armenia․
2015-2017 — Deputy Director of “Nubarashen” Psychiatric Hospital for general issues
2017-2018 — Deputy Director of “HAPAK” CJSC for medical affairs
2018 — Deputy Director of “HAPAK” CJSC for expert examinations
2019-2020 — Chief Specialist at the Repeat Examinations Department of the Agency of Medical and Social Expertises of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
2021-2022 — Head of the Day Inpatient Service at “Avan” Mental Health Center of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Armenia; in parallel, conducted forensic-psychiatric examinations on contractual basis with the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia
2023 — Head of the Forensic Psychiatric Expertises Department of the “National Bureau of Expertises” SNCO of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.
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Knowledge of languages: Armenian, Russian, English.
Forensic psychiatric examinations conducted in criminal proceedings
Subtypes:
1. Forensic psychiatric examinations conducted to determine the sanity of persons who have the status of an accused in criminal proceedings.
2. Forensic psychiatric examinations of defendants, victims and witnesses to assess their criminal capacity and determine their ability to testify. 3.
Forensic psychiatric examinations to assess the social dangerousness of defendants. 4.
Forensic psychiatric examinations to assess the helpless state of a person and determine the degree of health damage.
5. Postmortem forensic psychiatric examinations.
Forensic psychiatric examinations conducted in civil cases
Subtypes:
1. Forensic psychiatric examinations in cases of recognizing a person as incompetent.
2. Forensic psychiatric examinations of persons who have committed a transaction.
3. Forensic psychiatric examinations on issues of protecting children’s rights and restricting parental rights.
