Ivan Miller

About

Ivan W. Miller is a Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University. His work focuses on various aspects of mental health, including bipolar disorder, depression, suicidality, and treatment adherence. He has contributed to research on reward and punishment sensitivity, emotion regulation processes, and the development of interventions for mental health conditions such as nonsuicidal self-injury, bipolar depression, and psychosis. His research also explores the implementation of evidence-based practices, barriers to treatment, and the use of innovative therapeutic approaches like acceptance-based behavior therapy and psychosocial interventions. Through his extensive publication record, he has advanced understanding of clinical features, treatment outcomes, and intervention strategies in psychiatric disorders.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Medical emergency
• Psychiatry
• Psychology

Selected publications

• C‐SSRS performance in emergency department patients at high risk for suicide

  Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior · 2020 · 40 citations

  OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the psychometric and predictive performance of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) in emergency department (ED) patients with suicidal ideation or attempts (SI/SA). METHODS: Participants (n = 1,376, mean age 36.8, 55% female, 76.8% white) completed the C-SSRS during the ED visit and were followed for one year. Reliability analyses, exploratory structural equation modeling, and prediction of future SA were explored. RESULTS: : 1.43, 2.75) was the strongest p…

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• Effect of an Emergency Department Process Improvement Package on Suicide Prevention

  JAMA Psychiatry · 2023-05-17 · 37 citations

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  Importance: Suicide is a leading cause of deaths in the US. Although the emergency department (ED) is an opportune setting, ED-initiated interventions remain underdeveloped and understudied. Objective: To determine if an ED process improvement package, with a subfocus on improving the implementation of collaborative safety planning, reduces subsequent suicide-related behaviors. Design, Setting, and Participants: The Emergency Department Safety Assessment and Follow-up Evaluation 2 (ED-SAFE 2) tr…

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• Effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy for inpatients with psychosis: Implementation feasibility and acceptability from a pilot randomized controlled trial

  Schizophrenia Research · 2023-09-15 · 13 citations

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• The Coping Long Term with Active Suicide Program (CLASP)

  Oxford University Press eBooks · 2022-06-23 · 11 citations

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  The Coping Long Term with Active Suicide Program (CLASP): Clinician Guide focuses on the development, studies, formats, and therapeutic strategies of CLASP in an effort to reduce suicide. Suicidal behavior is a major public health problem across the world. Moreover, evidence-based practice offers the most responsible course of action for the mental health professional in the emerging health care system. CLASP is specifically designed as an adjunctive program that can be used as a complement to o…

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• Longitudinal risk of suicide outcomes in people with severe mental illness following an emergency department visit and the effects of suicide prevention treatment

  Journal of Affective Disorders · 2023-12-06 · 10 citations

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant R01NS037840

  NIH · $2.3M · 2005

• NIH Grant R01MH044778

  NIH · $1.8M · 1996

• NIH Grant R01MH101129

  NIH · $3.1M · 2020

Frequent coauthors

• Brandon A. Gaudiano

  Providence College

  389 shared

• Lisa A. Uebelacker

  Butler Hospital

  258 shared

• Lauren M. Weinstock

  Providence College

  237 shared

• Gabor I. Keitner

  221 shared

• Carlos A. Camargo

  Harvard University

  197 shared

• Gary Epstein‐Lubow

  John Brown University

  173 shared

• Sarah A. Arias

  Brown University

  166 shared

• Edwin D. Boudreaux

  161 shared

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