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Dean F. MacKinnon

Dean F. MacKinnon, MD

Psychiatry

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • English

14 Insurances Accepted

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Gender

Male

About Dean F. MacKinnon

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Background

Before joining the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Johns Hopkins in 1996 I majored in intellectual history at University of Pennsylvania, completed medical school at University of California, San Diego, and did my psychiatry training and fellowship at Johns Hopkins. 

My main clinical interest is in the evaluation and treatment of patients with complex and treatment refractory depression and manic depressive illness. My major non-clinical interest is medical student teaching. I developed and run the first year course Brain Mind Behavior, which introduces students to psychiatry and behavioral science. Based on my experience as an educator and clinician, I have written and published two books: Trouble in Mind: An Unorthodox Introduction to Psychiatry (2011), and Still Down: What to Do When Antidepressants Fail (2016). 

Centers and Institutes

Mood Disorders Center

Research Interests

bipolar disorder endophenotypes

Selected Publications

  • MacKinnon DF, Zandi PP, Gershon E, Nurnberger JI Jr., Reich T, DePaulo JR. “Rapid switching of mood in families with multiple cases of bipolar disorder,” Arch Gen Psychiatry 2003; 60:921-928

  • MacKinnon DF, Craighead B, Lorenz L. Carbon dioxide induces erratic respiratory responses in bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord 2009 112:193-200

  • MacKinnon DF, Pies R: Affective instability as rapid cycling: theoretical and clinical implications for borderline personality and bipolar spectrum disorders. Bipolar.Disord. 2006; 8:1-14

  • MacKinnon DF: Still Down: What to Do When Antidepressants Fail. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press (2016)

  • MacKinnon DF: Trouble in Mind: An Unorthodox Introduction to Psychiatry. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press (2011)

Courses & Syllabi

  • Brain Mind Behavior, JHU School of Medicine
  • Topics in Interdisciplinary Medical Education: Substance Use Disorders, JHU School of Medicine

Memberships

  • American Psychiatric Association, General Member
  • American Psychopathological Association, Member
  • Association for Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry
  • Maryland Psychiatric Society
  • Public Affairs Committee
  • Residents Committee

Locations

  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • 550 North Broadway, Suite 308, Baltimore, MD 21205

      Expertise

      Education

      UC San Diego School of Medicine

      Medical Education, MD, 1990

      Board Certifications

      Psychiatry

      American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1995

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