Dean F. MacKinnon, MD
Psychiatry
Highlights
Age Groups Seen
- Young Adult 18-25
- Adult 26-64
- Older Adult 65+
Languages
- English
In-Network Plans
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MaleJohns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Dean F. MacKinnon
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Johns Hopkins Physician
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
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
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Osler 320, Baltimore, MD 21287
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- phone: 410-955-5212
- fax: 410-614-8760
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 550 North Broadway, Suite 308, Baltimore, MD 21205
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Expertise
Education
- Medical Education: UC San Diego School of Medicine, MD, 1990
Board Certifications
- Psychiatry: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1995
Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)