Dinah Miller

Oct 28, 2024 | psychiatrictimes.com | Dinah Miller

BOOK REVIEWBlind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong and What it Means for Our HealthMarty Makary, MD; Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024288 pages; $23 (hardcover)Reviewed by Dinah Miller, MDThe public health messaging around the COVID-19 pandemic made us all too aware that medical recommendations sometimes move faster than research, and the medical establishment is not immune from the politicization and polarization that impacts so much of society.

Oct 4, 2024 | psychiatrictimes.com | Dinah Miller

A KETAMINE JOURNALBoth women lay quietly on camping mattresses at opposite sides of my office. Eye masks blocked out the light while earphones played the same music for both of them: a tribal, evocative playlist curated for ketamine experiences. One had a stuffed animal resting beside her, the other wore fuzzy slippers. They had both taken sublingual ketamine and I could only wonder what was transpiring beneath the eye masks.

Sep 16, 2024 | psychiatrictimes.com | Dinah Miller

A KETAMINE JOURNALWhen I started researching, learning, and then doing ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP), I was well aware that this was outside the usual realm of practice for most psychiatrists. KAP is often done by social workers and therapists of every ilk, by doctors in other specialties who have never had psychiatric training, and by companies who mail patients ketamine and then do the psychotherapy with videoconferencing.

Aug 6, 2024 | psychiatrictimes.com | Dinah Miller

COMMENTARYOutpatient civil commitment is one of those polarizing topics where many individuals are adamantly for or against legislation and where emotions are high on both sides. Advocates are often the parents of adult children with untreated mental illness, while patient and civil rights groups argue for the right to medical autonomy. Outpatient commitment is often touted as something that can protect both the patient and society from the ravages of untreated psychiatric disorders.

Jul 31, 2024 | psychiatrictimes.com | Dinah Miller

A KETAMINE JOURNALThe patient, “Mr A,” lay on the couch in my office, an eye mask blocking the ambient light, a pair of headphones emitting music that is some cross between tribal, rhythmic, and just plain weird. When the music stopped, he took off the eye mask and let himself emerge gently, as I had instructed. “I was in the Amazon,” he said. “There were gorillas. Angry gorillas, baby gorillas, wise gorillas.”I was caught off guard.