He completed a residency in General Psychiatry in addition to a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky in 2007. He went on to become a Steinberg Fellow in Psychiatry and the Law at the University of Rochester. Dr. Houchin is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in General Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In addition, Dr. Houchin has published articles in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law on such topics as Miranda waiver, civil competency, and Parental Alienation. Dr. Houchin completes a wide variety of forensic examinations at the University of Kentucky and also practices Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with the Bluegrass Regional MN-MR Board, Inc.