DINAH MILLER, M. D.
1501 Sulgrave Avenue, Suite 202
Baltimore, Maryland 21209
410-852-8404 phone
E-Mail: DinahMiller@yahoo.com
Private Practice in Psychiatry
Solo Private Practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1999-present
Psych Associates (A private, multi-disciplinary group practice)
Towson, Maryland, 1992-1999
Physician Career Coaching, 2021-present
JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Instructor in Psychiatry, School of Medicine, 1993-2017
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, July, 2017-present
Psychotherapy Supervisor to residents-in-training, 1998 - 2010; 2018 (dates are
approximate)
Outpatient Resident seminar series for PGY-3 Residents on Talking to Patients, Challenges in
Outpatient Psychiatry, and Involuntary Psychiatric Care (5 sessions, twice yearly)
Sexual Behaviors Consultation Unit, 1993-2005 (end date is approximate)
Responsibilities have included teaching, supervision, and patient care
JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY PROGRAM
Consulting Psychiatrist, part-time, 1998 - 2013
Columnist, Clinical Psychiatry News, 2011- present
Columnist, Medscape,
MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
President, 2009-2010
Responsible for leadership of a state medical society with approximately 700 members
HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS
Volunteer Psychiatrist, part-time, 2007- 2009
JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW PHYSICIANS, P.A.
Consulting Psychiatrist at Wyman Park Medical Center
Part-time, September, 1998 to December, 2001
SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER
Medical Director
Responsible for clinical oversight of a Community Mental Health Center and its satellite
clinic which provide mental health services to approximately 1,000 chronically mentally ill
patients. Responsibilities included direct supervision of the clinic's psychiatrists, oversight of
all clinical and educational programs, and direct patient care including psychiatric evaluation,
medication management, and crisis intervention. Half-time. April, 1995 to August, 1
SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE
Staff Psychiatrist
Adult Outpatient Department
Responsible for supervising therapists and for psychiatric evaluation and medication
management of patients in a Community Mental Health Center. Provided psychiatric
consultation to the general hospital emergency room. Organized a case conference
educational series and a psychopharmacology clinic for University of Maryland psychiatry
residents. Clinical caseload of half general adult psychiatric patients, half geriatric patients.
Half-time. October, 1992 - March, 1995
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry
1995-2000
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Katrina Assistance Project: Deployment to Baton Rouge and Houma, LA
November 3, 2005 to November 15, 2005
Hands Across the Americas
Volunteer mission to Cusco, Peru
July, 2015
Volunteer, Physician Support Line, March, 2021-present
Healthcare Peer Coaching Practitioner credentialed by the Physician Coaching Institute, accredited by the International Coaching Federation, November, 2021.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL, Baltimore, MD
Residency Training in Psychiatry
July, 1989 to September, 1992
ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL, New York, NY
Internship in Internal Medicine
July, 1988 to July, 1989
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
CORNELL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE, New York, NY
Doctor of Medicine, May, 1988
Clerkships included Inpatient Psychiatry at The Payne Whitney Clinic, The Institute of
Pennsylvania Hospital, and Columbia Presbyterian Hospital; Ambulatory Care at The Indian
Health Service, Chinle, AZ; The Pain Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering; and a Research
Rotation in Psychiatry at the San Francisco Veterans Administration.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Double major in the Biological Basis of Behavior and Psychology.
Summa Cum Laude, December, 1983
Extensive Experience on the Intersection of Psychiatry and New Media
Co-founder of The Accessible Psychiatry Project—Encouraging dialogue about psychiatry across media, with Annette Hanson, M.D. and Steven R. Daviss, M.D.
Mission Statement:
The Accessible Psychiatry Project strives to encourage dialogue about psychiatric disorders and their treatment in order to explore issues of controversy and misunderstanding in our field. Through open dialogue, in both new media and print, we hope to foster discussion about the work psychiatrists do, and to decrease stigma associated with the treatment of mental disorders.
Components of The Accessible Psychiatry Project include:
Shrink Rap: a blog by psychiatrists, for psychiatrists. April, 2006- August, 2018
Over 2,200 posts on a wide variety of mental health topics, the longest running
psychiatry blog.
Shrink Rap: http://psychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com/
Nominated for Best New Medical Blogs: WebLogs Awards 2007
Shrink Rap has had 6 million total page views from a world-wide readership
Shrink Rap Today: a collateral blog on the Psychology Today Website.
Committed: a blog on the Psychology Today Website
Shrink Rap News: a website and print column for Clinical Psychiatry News, circulation 40,000. 2011-present
My Three Shrinks podcast : http://MyThreeShrinks.com/
2006-2010, 69 episodes aired,10,000 downloads/month
Featured on the iTunes Medical Podcasts Webpage
Social media presence on Twitter and Facebook
Books:
Shrink Rap: Three Psychiatrists Explain Their Work, co-authored with Annette Hanson, M.D. and Steven R. Daviss, M.D., Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2011,
See http://shrinkrapbook.blogspot.com/ for book reviews, links to radio shows, and for more information on The Accessible Psychiatry Project
Committed: The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care, with Annette Hanson, M.D., Johns Hopkins University Press, November, 2016. See CommittedBook.com
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1984 Research Assistant, Full-time,
Obesity Research Group
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Responsibilities included assisting with a study of very-low-calorie diets and literature research pertaining to the County Health Improvement Program, under the direction of Dr. Albert J. Stunkard.
Shrager, EE, Wadden TA, Miller D, Stunkard AJ, Stellar E:
Compensatory Intra-meal Responses of Obese Women to Reduction in the Size of Food Units.
Abstracts: Society for Neuroscience, 1983.
Summer, 1983 Mellon Fellowship in Psychiatry for Undergraduates
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA
Assisted Dr. Leonard H. Epstein with designing and running a study of conditioned immune response in mice.
1982-1983 Research Assistant, Part-time.
Obesity Research Group, University of Pennsylvania
Responsible for a study of restrained eating in obese women.
1981-1982 Research Coordinator, Part-time.
Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Assisted Dr. Paul Rozin with preliminary work for a study of endogenous opiate systems in the preference for chili pepper and other initially adverse foods.
Summer, 1979 Participant, Summer Institute in the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
National Science Foundation
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Psychiatric Association, Distinguished Fellow
MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society
Maryland Psychiatric Society
President, Maryland Psychiatric Society, April, 2009- April, 2010
Executive Committee: Secretary-Treasurer: April, 2007- April 2008
President-Elect: April, 2008- April, 2009
Council Chair: April, 2010- April, 2011
Chair, Communications Committee, April, 2010- 2013
Member of the Women's Committee, early to mid 1990’s
Co-Chair of the Women's Committee 1996-1999
Member, Medicaid Managed Care Task Force (Med Chi), Spring 1998
Editor, The Maryland Psychiatrist, Spring, 1999 to Spring, 2003
Participant in the mentoring program, 2002- 2005
Council member, 2003, elected for a two-year term, re-elected 2005
Creator, the Maryland Psychiatric Society Listserv, 2009-present, connecting over
200 psychiatrists
Member, Legislative Committee, 2004-2010, 2013- 2016
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, 1999-2010
Member, MPS Book Club, 2010- present
Member, Policy Advisory Committee, 2019- present
MPS Representative to State of Maryland’s System of Care, Behavioral Health Stakeholder
Discussion Group monthly meetings, Summer & Fall, 2019
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Clinical Psychiatry News, Editorial Board Member, 2014- present
Participant, The Pro Bono Counseling Project, 2002 to present
Offering uncompensated clinical services to patients without resources
Red Cross certification in Disaster Mental Health, March, 2002
Attended Robert McKee’s Story Seminar, New York City, October 24-26, 2003
Johns Hopkins University Masters in Writing Seminars, non-degree student, Fiction Techniques class taught by Mark Farrington, Fall, 2006
Participant, SAMHSA’s Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee expert panel on involuntary psychiatric commitment.
March 14, 2018, Rockville, MD
Physician Coaching Institute
Participant: Fundamentals of Peer Physician Coaching Course
November 5-6, 2021
PRESENTATIONS
Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
Presented twice yearly to the PGY-3 residents rotating through the Sexual Behavior Consultation Unit of Johns Hopkins Hospital. 1993-1996.
Psychotherapeutic Issues in Adoption
Sinai Hospital's Case Conference Series, January 25, 1995
Southwestern's Lunch and Lecture Series, October 12, 1995
Psychopharmacology Basics for the Non-Psychiatrist Clinician
Baltimore County Bureau of Mental Health/ Core Service Agency
Topics in Mental Health, April 18, 1996
The Presentation of Patient Cases in an Academic Setting
Southwestern’s Lunch and Lecture Series, April 17, 1996
Depression in Women Over Forty
Blue Cross/ Blue Shield Educational Seminar
Martin's West, Catonsville, Maryland; October 31, 1998
Telling Stories: The Psychiatrist as Novelist
Symposium organizer and chairperson
American Psychiatric Association’s Annual Meeting
New York City; May 3, 2004
The Medical Liability Crisis: The Impact: The Impact on Our Community’s Health Care
Provider Town Meeting, Sheppard Pratt Conference Center, September 13, 2004
Speaker for Psychiatric Services.
Maintaining a Private Practice
Maryland Psychiatric Society, Resident Career Fair, Mt. Washington Conference Center
January 26, 2006
On-Line Communities
Panelist and speaker for an Issue Workshop
American Psychiatric Association’s Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C., May 5, 2008
NPR’s Talk of the Nation radio show with Neal Conan, May 3, 2011
Shrink Rap Gets Psychiatry Off the Couch, with Dr. Steven R. Daviss
Link: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/03/135957783/shrink-rap-psychiatry-beyond-the-couch
The Accessible Psychiatry Project: The Public Face of Psychiatry
Workshop organizer and speaker
American Psychiatric Association’s Annual meeting
Honolulu, HI, May 18, 2011
Luncheon Speaker, Johns Hopkins Club
October 11, 2011
Guest, WYPR, Midday radio show with Dan Rodricks, January 16, 2012
The Public Face of Psychiatry
Speaker, Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, MD, March 8, 2012
Matters of the Mind
Panel Speaker, Annapolis Book Festival, April 21, 2012
Blogging, Podcasting, and Writing Books for the Public: A Guide for the Perplexed Symposium Presenter, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, May 6, 2012
Psychiatrists and the New Media: Taking Control of our Specialty’s Public Image
Workshop Speaker, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, May 8, 2012
The Public Face of Psychiatry
24th Suicide Prevention Conference, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Catonsville, Maryland, October 3, 2012
Shrink Rap: Author dialogue, with co-authors Annette Hanson and Steven Daviss
The New York Public Library, mid-Manhattan branch
December 6, 2012
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Psychiatry But Were Afraid to Ask
Johns Hopkins University Odyssey Program, Mini-Medical School Series
Baltimore, Maryland, September 12, 2013
Al Jazeera America, television appearance on Consider This, with Time Magazine reporter Eliana Docterman and host, Antonio Mora, discussing Video Game Addiction.
November 15, 2013
Global News Canada, television appearance via Skype on a news segment on video game addiction.
January 14, 2014
Are You A Sitting Duck: On-line Psychiatrist Reviews
Symposium Presenter at the American Psychiatric Association Annual meeting,
New York, May, 2014
Toronto, May, 2015
San Diego, May 23, 2017
CSPAN-2 Book TV Interview
Filmed December 9, 2015, aired January 20, 2015
Access to Care: When You're Down and Out, Finding a Psychiatrist isn't Always Easy.
University of Maryland
Department of Psychiatry Cultural Diversity Day
March 17, 2016
Sirius XM Satellite Radio, “Tell Me Everything” hosted by John Fugelsang,
Interview on involuntary psychiatric treatment with co-author Dr. Annette Hanson
November 21, 2016.
The Diane Rehm Show, National Public Radio,
The Debate Over Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment
With Annette Hanson and Pete Earley, November 29, 2016, Washington, D.C.
Link: https://dianerehm.org/shows/2016-11-29/the-debate-over-involuntary-psychiatric-treatment
Forward Motion with Karen Allyn
Montgomery Community Television, Inc.
Taped on January 17, 2017
On the Record with Sheilah Kast, WYPR, Baltimore
The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care
With Annette Hanson, January 19, 2017
Link: http://wypr.org/post/battle-over-involuntary-psychiatric-care
Grand Round Presentation: The Battle Over Involuntary Care and Psychiatry’s Role in Preventing Violence
Montefiore Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Bronx, New York
April 27, 2017
The Pulse, NPR Podast, recorded on April 28, 2017
Radio Guest: The Joy Cardin Show, Wisconsin Public Radio, May 10, 2017
Link: https://www.wpr.org/people/dr-dinah-miller
Writers LIVE speaker, with Dr. Annette Hanson
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and Pratt Library
May 18, 2017
Symposium Organizer and Chair: The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, May 24, 2017
Symposium Organizer and Chair: Outpatient Commitment, A Tour of the States
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, May 22, 2017
The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care
Webinar presentation to the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
June 15, 2017
Guest on Line One, Alaska Public Media, August 7, 2017
Link: http://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/08/04/committed-involuntary-psychiatric-care/
The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care
Speaker for the Rhode Island Psychiatric Society, Cranston, RI
October 16, 2017
Involuntary Psychiatric Care: History and Ethical Issues
Speaker, with Dr. Annette Hanson
Texas Psychiatric Physicians 61st Annual Symposium, San Antonio, TX
November 5, 2017
The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care
Speaker, with Dr. Annette Hanson
South Carolina Psychiatric Society, Greenville, SC
January 20, 2018
Violence and Suicide: What Role Should Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Play
Workshop Chair, American Psychiatric Association, New York, NY
May 8, 2018
MDEdge Podcast Guest: Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment
May 23, 2018
Medscape interview by John Watson
A Psychiatrist Copes With Her Patient’s Suicide
March 18, 2019
MDEdge Tweetchat co-host with Eric Plakun, MD
The Aftermath of Suicide on Mental Health Professionals
April 24, 2019
Depression 101 for Primary Care Providers
Webinar presenter for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians
May 7, 2019
MDEdge Psychcast/podcast Roundtable Discussion
Losing a Patient to Suicide, with Eric Plakun, MD and Jane Tillman, PhD
Episodes 61 and 62, aired June 1, 2019 and June 2, 2019
Think Like a Psychiatrist! Approaches to Major Depression
Webinar presenter for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians
October 10, 2019
Think Like a Psychiatrist! Approaches to Major Depression
Speaker for the 20th Annual Johns Hopkins Community Physicians’ Retreat
Linthicum Maryland
November 13, 2019
“Depression and Anxiety”
Speaker, Architecture of High Value Health Care: National Conference of the High Value Practice Academic Alliance
Baltimore, Maryland
November 15, 2019
Peer Recovery Expert Leadership and Networking Conference, Cambridge Maryland
Maryland Behavioral Health Administration
Plenary Speaker on Involuntary Psychiatric Care
January 17, 2020
Presenter, Baltimore Psychological Association
Social Media and the Mental Health Professional
3 Hour Workshop
November 21, 2021
PUBLICATIONS
Non-fiction books
Shrink Rap: Three Psychiatrists Explain Their Work, with Annette Hanson, M.D. and Steven Roy Daviss, M.D. Johns Hopkins University Press, May, 2011.
Media reviews of this book can be found at http://shrinkrapbook.blogspot.com/
Committed: The Battle Over Forced Psychiatric Care, with Annette Hanson, M.D., Johns Hopkins University Press. November, 2016. Media reviews of this book can be found at http://CommittedBook.com
Awarded the Carol Davis Ethics Award by the American Psychiatric Association
Presented May 7, 2018 in New York City
Fictional Works
"My Father's Son" in Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, XVI:1, Fall, 1998.
Monday At The Charm, AmErica House Publishers, June, 2001.
Home Inspection, Giraffe House Press, Summer, 2012
Mitch & Wendy: Lost in Adventure Land, Giraffe House Press, Summer 2012
Double Billing, Giraffe House Press, Summer, 2012
Other Print Publications
“Passwords” The Maryland Psychiatrist, Fall, 2000, Vol. 27, No. 2.
“J. Raymond DePaulo, Jr. Named Chairman of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins” The Maryland Psychiatrist, Summer, 2002, Vol. 29, No. 1.
“Talking with Dr. Roca” The Maryland Psychiatrist, Fall, 2003 Vol. 30, No.1.
“No Simple Cure for Malpractice Woes.” Op-ed section, The Baltimore Sun, July 15, 2004
“Awaiting Brood X” The Maryland Psychiatrist, Fall, 2004, Vol. 31, No 1.
“Fish Versus The Mentally Ill” The Maryland Psychiatrist, Spring, 2005, Vol. 31, No. 3.
“My Sox-obsessed Husband.” Op-ed section, The Boston Globe, August 31, 2005.
Book Review of The Interview Room by Roderick Anscombe, The American Journal of Psychiatry, December, 2005.
“Going for the Gold,” Introspection article, The American Journal of Psychiatry, January, 2006, Vol. 163, No 1.
“MPS Psychiatrist Aids Katrina Relief” The Maryland Psychiatrist, Winter, 2006, Vol. 32, No.2. Article features Dr. Cheryl Person discussing her experiences immediately after Hurricane Katrina. This article won an Honorable Mention from the American Psychiatric Association.
Reflections of a Katrina Psychiatrist, submitted to Westover Consultants as field notes for use in a SAMHSA Summit regarding the Katrina Assistance Project
“Talking with Dr. Prescott” The Maryland Psychiatrist, Fall, 2006, Vol. 33, No. 1.
“Ask the Experts” column “Why is it comforting to discuss problems with others? Scientific
American Mind, August, 2008.
“Keeping Up with Anita Everett,” The Maryland Psychiatrist, Winter, 2010
“10.8%: Understanding the Trends In Psychotherapy Research,” Clinical Psychiatry News, August, 2011
“Friend Me? Psychiatrists and Social Networking, Clinical Psychiatry News, October, 2011
“Keeping Up with Dr. Angelino,” The Maryland Psychiatrist, Spring, 2012
“A Mockery of Medicine,” with Dr. Annette Hanson: Op Ed article on Maryland’s proposed Medical Marijuana legislation, The Baltimore Sun, March 9, 2012.
“Strip Searching of Psychiatric Patients Must Stop,” Clinical Psychiatry News, June, 2012. “When Children Divorce Their Parents,” Clinical Psychiatry News, October, 2012
“Bills to keep guns out of the hands of psychiatric patients pose risks: Requiring psychiatrists to report on their patients could discourage some to get help,” The Baltimore Sun, February 11, 2013
“Gun Control Stampede Misguided,” with Pete Earley, USAToday, March 3, 2010.
“Boston, Sandy Hook, and heartache,” Clinical Psychiatry News, September, 2013.
“The Delicate Balance of Self-Disclosure.” Clinical Psychiatry News, July, 2013.
“Answering to Anti-psychiatry’s Protestors, Clinical Psychiatry News, November, 2013.
“Rethinking Bipolarity,” Clinical Psychiatry News, Supplement on Bipolar Disorder,
December , 2013.
“Antipsychotics and the psychiatrist’s dilemma,” Clinical Psychiatry News, March, 2014.
“Distinguishing the killers among us,” Clinical Psychiatry News, June, 2014.
“The stigma of being a shrink,” Clinical Psychiatry News, August, 2014.
“Actor’s suicide could raise awareness,” Clinical Psychiatry News, September, 2014.
“Suicide hotline calls up after Robin Williams’ death, Clinical Psychiatry News, October, 2014.
“NFL player gets a grip on personality disorder,” Clinical Psychiatry News, November, 2014.
“The surprisingly high cost of Abilify,” Clinical Psychiatry News, December, 2014.
Daviss, S., Hanson, A., & Miller, D. (2015). My three shrinks: Personal stories of social media exploration. International Review of Psychiatry (Abingdon, England), 27(2), 167–173. http://doi.org/10.3109/09540261.2015.1027672
“Tackling the Involuntary Treatment Controversy,” Clinical Psychiatry News, March, 2015.
“What factors keep us from seeing patients?” Clinical Psychiatry News, April, 2015.
“APA’s support of Murphy bill is disheartening,” Clinical Psychiatry News, May, 2015.
“H.R. 2646: The difference 2 years makes,” Clinical Psychiatry News, July, 2015.
“Single Session Psychiatry at 11,000 feet,” Clinical Psychiatry News, September, 2015.
“Does psychiatric treatment prevent suicide?” Clinical Psychiatry News, November, 2015.
“Should SSRI’s be sold over the counter?” Clinical Psychiatry News, January, 2015.
“Understanding the Deeds’ family tragedy,” Clinical Psychiatry News, February, 2016.
“An interview with film director Paul Dalio, Clinical Psychiatry News, March, 2016.
“Catching up on brain stimulation with Dr. Irving Reti,” Clinical Psychiatry News, May, 2016.
“Peter Kramer returns to his role in defending antidepressants in Ordinarily Well,” Clinical
Psychiatry News, August, 2016.
“Why psychiatrists’ opinions about politicians shouldn’t matter,” Clinical Psychiatry News,
September, 2016.
“Don’t Repeal Obama’s Modest Gun Limit,” The Wall Street Journal, February 6, 2017
“Tragedy again spotlights mental illness,” Baltimore Sun, March 8, 2017
“Mentally Ill? Go Directly to Jail,” Clinical Psychiatry News, March, 2017
“Psychological Account of Poet’s Life is Magnificent,” Clinical Psychiatry News, July, 2017
“Keeping Questions General on Licensing, Credentialing Forms,” Clinical Psychiatry News, August, 2017
“Suicide, a Surprisingly Ambivalent Topic,” Clinical Psychiatry News, October, 2017
“#MeToo, Does it Help?” Clinical Psychiatry News, November, 2017
“Involuntary treatment symposia at APA, Clinical Psychiatry News, May, 2017
“System Changes Needed to Support Physicians Seeking Help,” Psychiatric News, January 5, 2018
“Physician Health Programs: Diagnosing for Dollars?” Clinical Psychiatry News, January, 2018
“You Paid How Much for that Medicine?” Clinical Psychiatry News, February, 2018
“Medication Pricing: So This is How it Works” Clinical Psychiatry News, March, 2018
“Surgeon Rejects Stigma: Details of Involuntary Commitment Shared” Clinical Psychiatry News, April, 2018
“Preventing Suicide: What Should Psychiatrists do Differently?” Clinical Psychiatry News, August, 2018
“How about that Practice Website?” Clinical Psychiatry News, September, 2018
“When a Patient Dies by Suicide: The Physician’s Silent Sorrow,” January 24, 2019 New England Journal of Medicine; 380:311-313
“Opioid crisis offers poignant lessons for public health,” Clinical Psychiatry News, February, 2019
“Acting up at APA”, Clinical Psychiatry News, June, 2019
“Baltimore’s pilot project in outpatient civil commitment,” Clinical Psychiatry News, October, 2019
“Psilocybin research at Johns Hopkins,”Clinical Psychiatry News, November, 2019.
“Proposed RESPONSE Act targets potential shooters,” Clinical Psychiatry News, December, 2019
“The Great Pretender, Susannah Cahalan’s new book challenges and experiment that changed psychiatry,” Clinical Psychiatry News, January, 2020.
Miller, D. and Hanson, A.,“Violent Behavior and Involuntary Commitment: Ethical and Clinical Considerations,” Psychiatric Times, February, 2020, Vol. XXXVI, No.2.
“Suicide Wars:Topic of prevention is causing divisions within psychiatry,” Clinical Psychiatry News, February, 2020
“I am part of the problem,” Clinical Psychiatry News, July, 2020 also on Medscape
“Inpatient Psychiatry:The pandemic is forcing new protocols,” Clinical Psychiatry News, April 2020
“COVID-19: Confessions of an outpatient psychiatrist,” Clinical Psychiatry News, May, 2020
“To Combat Covid, Don’t Turn The Clock Back,” The Wall Street Journal, September 3, 2020
“An Unjust Multi-tiered System,” A section of “Black Lives Matter in Medicine: What Must Change? Interviews by Catherine Gara, Hopkins Medicine, Fall, 2020
“Listening to Tim Ferris,” Clinical Psychiatry News, October, 2020
“Baltimore COVID Response Too Slow, Difficult to Access,” Baltimore Sun, January 19, 2021
“The brother’s keeper: A Psychiatrist writes about his career treating physicians and their families, Clinical Psychiatry News, March 2021
“Let Me Tell You About My Vaccine,” Medscape, April 16, 2021
“We’re all vaccinated: Can we go back to the office (unmasked) now? Clinical Psychiatry News, April 2021
“When Should Psychiatrists Retire,” Medscape, June, 2021
Book Chapters
Steve Daviss, Annette Hanson and Dinah Miller, “My three shrinks: Personal stories of social media exploration,” in Social Media, Margaret S. Chisholm, M.D., editor. Routledge, 2016.
Online Publications
Shrink Rap blog 2006-2018
Shrink Rap News on the Clinical Psychiatry News Website
Link: http://www.mdedge.com/clinicalpsychiatrynews/shrink-rap-news
Shrink Rap Today on Psychology Today
Committed on Psychology Today. Link: https://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/dinah-miller-md
KevinMD – medical blog
“Tips to Find a Good Psychiatrist,” December 29, 2010
“Can I be a Doctor with Bipolar Disorder,” February 25, 2011
“Predicting How Much Impact Mental Illness has in a Person’s Life,” May 11, 2011
“Psychotherapy from the Psychiatrist’s Point of View,” July 20, 2011
“Are Psychiatrists Rushed, Uncaring, and in it Only for the Money?” July 25, 2011
“Psychiatry Residents Need to Learn Psychotherapy,” August 1, 2011
“Angry Birds: A Psychiatrist Explains the Addiction,” August 12, 2011
“When Applications Ask About Your Psychiatric History,” November 30, 2011
“Ask Your Doctor Smart Health Questions,” June 26, 2012
“How Medicare Will Devalue the Work of Psychiatrists,” November 29, 2012
“When Lifestyle Issues Kill: another take on the Statin Issue,: December 2013
“Why Psychiatrists Don’t Take Insurance,” January 25, 2014
“There is no Oversight for Preauthorizations; There Should Be,” December 6, 2015
Pete Earley – mental health advocacy blog guest posts
“We’ve Lost Hope; Dr. Dinah Miller of Shrink Rap Responds to Parents”
“When Does an Illness Become a Serious Illness? Does This Divide Us?” September 7, 2017
““Suffering is suffering – it all hurts” – Psychiatrist Questions Use Of “Worried Well,” Says Real Gatekeepers To Care Are Insurance Companies,“ January 21, 2018
“Involuntary Commitment Battlefield Diagrammed By Doctor Who Studied All Sides,” April 12, 2021
Johns Hopkins University Press Blog: “Beating the Winter Blues,” February 2, 2012
Johns Hopkins University Press Blog: “Behind the book” Dr. Dinah Miller on Committed,” November 2, 2016.
“On Feeling Helpless: A Psychiatrist Reflects on the Aftermath of a Patient Suicide,” CLOSLER blog/Johns Hopkins Medicine, February 19, 2019
YouTube: produced a Four-Part Series: How to Use the New CPT Codes for 2013 using iMovie, GarageBand, and PowerPoint; over 3,700 views, posted December, 2012
OTHER INFORMATION
Married with two adult children
Board Certified in Psychiatry
Medical License in the State of Maryland
