Dr. Martinez provides evaluations for plaintiff and defense counsel serving clients involved in civil actions. His civil evaluations include:

• Civil commitment of sexual offenders (e.g., sexually violent predator [SVP] evaluations)
• Civil commitment for those with serious mental illness
• Psychological injury

Because of the important role of mental health diagnosis in many of these evaluations, Dr. Martinez commonly incorporates a range of psychological tests to aid the diagnostic process. Most commonly, Dr. Martinez addresses the following diagnostic issues:

• Trauma-related disorders (e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder)
• Mood disorders (e.g., major depressive disorder)
• Bipolar disorders
• Personality disorders
• Substance-related disorders
• Feigned mental illness
• Feigned intellectual deficits