John J. Miller, MD

John J. Miller, MD

Dr Miller is Medical Director, Brain Health, Exeter, New Hampshire; Editor in Chief, Psychiatric Times; Voluntary Consulting Psychiatrist at Seacoast Mental Health Center, Exeter/Portsmouth, NH; Consulting Psychiatrist, Insight Meditation Society, Barre, Massachusetts.

Articles by John J. Miller, MD

For many, fall brings the things we enjoy—turning beautiful leaves, coziness and warm comfort foods, family time, and the beginning of the holiday seasons. This year it also brings elections, with partisan divides we have not seen in a long time. Psychiatric Times’ Editor in Chief John J. Miller, MD, considers the affects of election anxiety, and reminds us that we need to do our civic duties by voting and then find a way to move forward—together.

In many clinical situations to "do no harm" requires us to know what we know, know what we don’t know, and consult with a colleague who likely knows more than we do.

We have been here before. In fact, we have survived more challenging times. The truth serves as the foundational first brick of the edifice of knowledge and problem-solving.

It can be disheartening to hear about the pervasive culture at many medical centers and health care systems to ostracize the pharmaceutical industry, and not uncommonly, to threaten to fire employed physicians and clinicians who would like to attend educational programs about new medications on their own free time.

Mindfulness

In our role as clinicians, we participate in the practice of medicine because there is always more to learn, and more experience to be gained. Such is the case with mindfulness...

Be Here Now

Practicing mindfulness has become a foundational treatment in various mental health professions.