Dr. Adam Sagot Received his medical degree from the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine where he stayed for his general residency training in psychiatry. Following residency he pursued a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Fellowship with Drexel University where he served as the chief fellow prior to Hahnemann’s closure at which point he completed the remainder of his child training with Thomas Jefferson University and A.I. DuPont Children’s Hospital. During that time, dr. Sagot also completed the three year psychodynamic psychotherapy fellowship with the psychoanalytic center of Philadelphia. Finally, Dr. Sagot completed a forensic psychiatry fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Sagot currently serves as a member of the President of the New Jersey Council of Child and adolescent psychiatry, a vice president of the Njpa, editorial board member for the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry CONNECT,
EDUCATION
Bachelors of arts in history from Pennsylvania State University, Doctor osteopathy from Rowan University school of osteopathic medicine
Executive MBA candidate quantic school of business class of 2026 spring
Psychodynamic psychotherapy certification from the psychoanalytic center of Philadelphia
General residency and psychiatry, Rowan university school of osteopathic medicine
Childhood adolescent psychiatry, Fellowship Drexel/Thomas Jefferson, University, Medical Center
Forensic psychiatry, Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
ABPN board certifications in general, child, adolescent, and forensic psychiatry
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Psychiatry and Mental health, Health Policy, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine
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Scopus Publications
Scopus Publications
Systematic Review: A 25-Year Global Publication Analysis of the Role of Spirituality and Religiosity in Suicidal Risk Assessment in Adolescents Talitha West, Junaid Rana, Samreen Awan, Adam J. Sagot Jaacap Open, 2025 Objective: Religiosity and spirituality have demonstrated protective associations against suicidal ideation and behavior in adults. Despite accumulating evidence of similar associations in adolescents, no systematic review to the authors' knowledge has examined associations between religiosity/spirituality and adolescent suicidality. The authors hypothesized that, in general, religiosity and spirituality would function as protective factors against suicidality in adolescent populations. This systematic review summarizes global findings on this topic, with particular focus on at-risk groups including racial, religious, and sexual minorities. Method: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and CINAHL were searched for relevant studies on December 18, 2023. Eligible articles were from peer-reviewed journals, included subjects ages 10 to 25, and employed measures of suicidality and religiosity/spirituality. Studies were evaluated using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Results: Inclusion criteria were met by 61 studies (340,170 participants); 49 were cross-sectional, 7 were longitudinal, and several were qualitative or used mixed methods. Of studies, 67.2% found protective associations between religiosity/spirituality and suicidality, 8.2% reported risk associations, 8.2% described complex associations, and 16.4% found no association. Mediators included general social support. Moderators included levels of parental monitoring. Studies of ethnoracially minoritized adolescents suggested a protective role for religiosity, whereas results in religiously minoritized and LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and others) adolescents were equivocal. Conclusion: A substantial majority of studies demonstrated that greater investment in religiosity/spirituality predicted reduced suicidality in adolescents. Findings suggest that religiosity and spirituality can provide adolescents with reasons for living and should be addressed in clinical practice and prevention efforts. Limitations include the cross-sectional design of most included studies, preventing causal inferences. Future research should evaluate spiritually inclusive therapeutic and preventive interventions for adolescents. Study registration information: Prevalence of Neurodevelopmental Disorders among Indigenous Children: A Systematic Review; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD42021238669. Diversity & Inclusion Statement: One or more of the authors of this paper self-identifies as a member of one or more historically underrepresented racial and/or ethnic groups in science. One or more of the authors of this paper self-identifies as a member of one or more historically underrepresented sexual and/or gender groups in science. We actively worked to promote sex and gender balance in our author group. We actively worked to promote inclusion of historically underrepresented racial and/or ethnic groups in science in our author group. While citing references scientifically relevant for this work, we also actively worked to promote sex and gender balance in our reference list. While citing references scientifically relevant for this work, we also actively worked to promote inclusion of historically underrepresented racial and/or ethnic groups in science in our reference list.
Preserving Immunity for Reporters of Medical Child Abuse A. Sagot, K. Weiss Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2022 All American jurisdictions have laws protecting children from abuse and neglect. Mandated reporters, including health professionals, whether their suspicions ultimately are substantiated or unfounded, are entitled to immunity when their reports are entered in good faith. When harm takes the form of medical child abuse (MCA, also known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy or factitious disorder imposed on another), its origin is ambiguous, at least initially. Questions arise as to whether the caregiver intended to deceive medical professionals and if the condition improved when the child was separated from the caregiver. Clinicians may have an obligation to report MCA in difficult-to-diagnose cases or those where parents press for hospitalizations and procedures. Substantiated cases may lead to removal of children from homes and criminal prosecution of parents. This can result in backlash against the reporter by the parents, with claims of malpractice, official misconduct, intentional harm, fraud or conspiracy to commit fraud, defamation (libel or slander), or all of the above. This article examines case law regarding alleged departures from good-faith reporting of MCA and explores potential limitations to immunity provided to mandated reporters. The findings include no significant instances in which the immunity shield for good-faith reporting was pierced.
Protections against indefinite solitary confinement for death row inmates awaiting resentencing A. Sagot, C. Watson Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2021 In Porter v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections , 974 F.3d 431 (3d Cir. 2020), an inmate argued that continued placement on indefinite solitary confinement violated Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment protections following the vacatur of his death sentence. Following summary judgment in favor of the
Editors’ Note and Special Communication: Research Priorities in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Emerging From the COVID-19 Pandemic Douglas K. Novins, Joel Stoddard, Robert R. Althoff, Alice Charach, Samuele Cortese, Kathryn Regan Cullen, Jean A. Frazier, Stephen J. Glatt, Schuyler W. Henderson, Ryan J. Herringa, Leslie Hulvershorn, Christian Kieling, Anne B. McBride, Elizabeth McCauley, Christel M. Middeldorp, Angela M. Reiersen, Carol M. Rockhill, Adam J. Sagot, Lawrence Scahill, Emily Simonoff, S. Evelyn Stewart, Eva Szigethy, Jerome H. Taylor, Tonya White, Bonnie T. Zima Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2021
