EP55: Dr. Rebecca Miller on the lived experience of misdiagnosis

Join me in my conversation with Dr. Rebecca Miller who has extensive experience in the healthcare arena, both as a highly trained psychiatrist and as a patient. We touch on a trip to the Pyrenees, parenthood, and cogntive bias as pertaining to the misdiagnosis of early onset Parkinson's disease. Dr. Rebecca Miller, PhD attended Barnard College-Columbia University as an undergraduate, received an MA and PhD at Long Island University in Clinical Psychology, and completed pre- and post-doctoral training at Yale University School of Medicine. She has received the Goldberg Leadership in Education from the American Psychological Association in 2019, and she is currently an Associate Professor Psychiatry as well as the Director of Peer Support and Family Initiatives at the Connecticut Mental Health Center. She is a strong believe in the power of the patient voice and has written on the lived experience with Parkinson’s disease as well as the lived experience of safe disclosure for mental health professionals. She was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at age 39 although first identified symptoms as early as age 26. For more information, visit https://www.rebeccamillerphd.com/. Links to articles on better care in the hospital, parenting with Parkinson's, and the body as public property for commentary.