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Danielle Hairston is an American Psychiatrist, author, Director of Residency Training in the Department of Psychiatry at Howard University College of Medicine, and a practicing Psychiatrist in the Division of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Hairston is also the Scientific Program Chair for the Black Psychiatrists of America and the elected President of the American Psychiatric Association's Black Caucus. Hairston is known for her public speaking and writing on the impact of racial trauma and culture on mental health and she has been featured discussing these topics on the National Public Radio, Business Insider, Huffington Post, and Slate.

Danielle Hairston
Born
Washington, D.C.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRutgers University
Howard University College of Medicine
Known forEducation about racial trauma and mental health
Awards2020 Top 12 Women in White Coats Hero, 2020 Elected President of the American Psychiatric Association Black Caucus, 2016 Scientific Program Chair of Black Psychiatrists of America (BPA)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatry
InstitutionsHoward University College of Medicine

Early life and education

Hairston was born in the metropolitan area of Washington, D.C.[1] Her father worked in the military and her mother worked as a teacher. [2] Growing up, Hairston saw Black female physicians at the clinic she attended, which showed her that it was possible for Black women to become physicians as well.[2]  Before college, she decided she wanted to pursue medicine. [2] She pursued her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences at Rutgers University in New Jersey.[3] During her undergraduate degree, she worked in an HIV clinic. [2] She then continued to pursue her medical degree at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C.[3] During medical school, Hairston became interested in psychiatry, even though she had planned on pursuing internal medicine to focus her clinical work in HIV. [3] In 2012, Hairston followed her passion and  pursued her residency in general psychiatry at Howard University and went on to become the Chief Resident in the Department of Psychiatry.[1]

Career and research

Following her residency, Hairston became a faculty at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry.[4] During this time, she pursued her fellowship training in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.[4]

In 2018, Hairston returned to her medical alma mater, Howard University College of Medicine, as the appointed Psychiatry Residency Training Director.[1] In addition to her role as Residency Director, Hairston is also a member of the Curriculum Task Force for the Department of Psychiatry.[4] Hairston is also a practicing psychiatrist in the Division of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland.[5] She focuses her medical practice in both general psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine.[6]

Beyond her administrative and clinical work, Hairston is actively involved in the broader academic and medical community. Since 2016, Hairston has served as Scientific Program Chair of the Black Psychiatrists of America[7], and she was elected as President of the Black Caucus of the American Psychiatric Association.[8] Prior to her role as presidency, Hairston was the Early Career Representative for the APA’s Black Caucus.[9] Hairston is also a Work Group Member of the Mental Health:A Guide for Faith Leaders [10]and she started a community outreach program to facilitate the partnership between mental health professionals, like herself, and faith groups in the community.[3]

Traumatic media exposure and mental illness

Hairston’s clinical work and publications focus heavily on the effects of racism on mental health.[11] In a Slate news article, Hairston discussed how media-based distress, such as posting videos and pictures of police brutality against Black people, is traumatic and can lead to mental health consequences in the Black community. [11] Hairston and her colleagues have been advocating for a change in the DSM-5 criteria to include media-based trauma to account for the severe trauma that Black people disproportionately face, exemplified after the police killing of George Floyd on June 2020. [11] As a psychiatrist, Hairston has treated patients with media-based trauma related distress and she is a prominent advocate for the awareness of the potential for these exposures to lead to depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.[12] Jordan uses her influentia social media presence to advocate and educate her followers on how to be an ally for victims of racial trauma.[13]

Writing

In 2018, Hairston co-authored the book Racism and Psychiatry: Contemporary Issues and Interventions discussing the origins of racism in medicine, and specifically in her field of psychiatry.[14] She co-wrote the first chapter on the Origins of Racism in American Medicine and Psychiatry and she later discusses how the thoughts, actions, and behaviors of healthcare workers can impact the health of Black patients in the chapter Clinician Bias in Diagnosis and Treatment. [14]

Awards and honors

  • 2020 Top 12 Women in White Coats Hero[2]
  • 2020 Elected President of the American Psychiatric Association Black Caucus[8]
  • 2019 Harvard-Macy Award[4]
  • 2016 Scientific Program Chair of Black Psychiatrists of America (BPA)[1]
  • 2016 Chief Resident for the Department of Psychiatry at Howard[15]

Select media

  • 2020 Featured on National Public Radio (and BBC World Service) “What It Is Like To Be A Young Black Doctor”[16]
  • 2020 Featured in Huffington Post “How To Protest Safely During The Coronavirus Pandemic"[17]
  • 2020 Featured on Insider.com “I don't need to see another Black person die. 30 years of brutal footage hasn't stopped these killings.”[18]
  • 2020 Featured in Business Insider “France abandoned its chokehold ban less than a week after announcing it”[19]
  • 2020 Featured in Slate.com “For Black Americans, Using Social Media Means Risking PTSD”[20]
  • 2020 Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Podcast “Racism & Trauma: Discussion with Danielle Hairston M.D.”[21]
  • 2019 Featured in Medill News Service “Mental Health Within The African-American Community: A Call to Action”[22]
  • 2018 Featured in Ourselves Black “Major Threat To Howard University School Of Medicine - And How You Can Help”[23]
  • 2016 Article published by the American Psychiatric Association “Black History Month: A Time for Discussion”[24]

Select publications

  • Gordon-Achebe K., Hairston D.R., Miller S., Legha R., Starks S. (2019) Origins of Racism in American Medicine and Psychiatry. In: Medlock M., Shtasel D., Trinh NH., Williams D. (eds) Racism and Psychiatry. Current Clinical Psychiatry. Humana Press, Cham[25]
  • Hairston, D. R., de Similien, R. H., Himelhoch, S., & Forrester, A. (2019). Treatment of phantom shocks: A case report. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 54(3), 181–187. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091217418802153[25]
  • Hairston D.R., Gibbs T.A., Wong S.S., Jordan A. (2019) Clinician Bias in Diagnosis and Treatment. In: Medlock M., Shtasel D., Trinh NH., Williams D. (eds) Racism and Psychiatry. Current Clinical Psychiatry. Humana Press, Cham[25]
  • Similien, Ralph & Hairston, Danielle & Kumari, Suneeta & Matthews, Gary & Wasser, Tobias & Malik, Mansoor & Manalai, Partam. (2018). Sociodemographic and clinical correlates of the frequently hospitalized African American patients with severe and persistent mental illness. Annals of clinical psychiatry : official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists. 30. 305-310.[25]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Addressing Structural Racism Town Hall". www.psychiatry.org. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  2. ^ a b c d e Top 12 Women in White Coats Hero Dr. Danielle Hairston - Psychiatrist, Residency Director & Author, retrieved 2020-06-29
  3. ^ a b c d "Black Psychiatrists of America, Inc. | Washington, DC | About". www.bpaincpsych.org. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  4. ^ a b c d "Awards | Howard University College of Medicine". medicine.howard.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  5. ^ Medlock, Morgan; Shtasel, Derri; Trinh, Nhi-Ha T.; Williams, David R., eds. (2019). Racism and Psychiatry: Contemporary Issues and Interventions. Current Clinical Psychiatry. Humana Press. ISBN 978-3-319-90196-1.
  6. ^ "Dr. Danielle HairstonMD". health.usnews.com. Retrieved June 28, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Awards | Howard University College of Medicine". medicine.howard.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  8. ^ a b "Dr. Danielle Hairston". Women in White Coats. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  9. ^ "Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast: Racism & Trauma: Discussion with Danielle Hairston M.D." psychiatrypodcast.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  10. ^ "Mental Health A Guide for Faith Leaders" (PDF). link.springer.com. Retrieved June 28, 2020. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 14 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ a b c McWilliams, A. T. (2020-06-03). "For Black Americans, Using Social Media Means Risking PTSD". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  12. ^ "I don't need to see another Black person die. 30 years of brutal footage hasn't stopped these killings". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  13. ^ "Here Are A Few Ways To Reduce Your Coronavirus Risk While Protesting". HuffPost. 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  14. ^ a b Gordon-Achebe, Kimberly; Hairston, Danielle R.; Miller, Shadé; Legha, Rupinder; Starks, Steven (2019), Medlock, Morgan M.; Shtasel, Derri; Trinh, Nhi-Ha T.; Williams, David R. (eds.), "Origins of Racism in American Medicine and Psychiatry", Racism and Psychiatry: Contemporary Issues and Interventions, Current Clinical Psychiatry, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 3–19, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90197-8_1#citeas, ISBN 978-3-319-90197-8, retrieved 2020-06-29
  15. ^ "Black History Month: A Time for Discussion". www.psychiatry.org. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  16. ^ "What It Is Like To Be A Young Black Doctor". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  17. ^ "Here Are A Few Ways To Reduce Your Coronavirus Risk While Protesting". HuffPost. 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  18. ^ Adams, Char. "I don't need to see another Black person die. 30 years of brutal footage hasn't stopped these killings". Insider. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  19. ^ "France abandoned its chokehold ban less than a week after announcing it". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  20. ^ McWilliams, A. T. (2020-06-03). "For Black Americans, Using Social Media Means Risking PTSD". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  21. ^ "Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast: Racism & Trauma: Discussion with Danielle Hairston M.D." psychiatrypodcast.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  22. ^ Curry, Ebony JJ (2019-08-22). "Mental Health Within the African-American Community: a call to action". Medill News Service. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  23. ^ "Major Threat to Howard University School of Medicine - And How You Can Help". OURSELVES BLACK. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  24. ^ "Black History Month: A Time for Discussion". www.psychiatry.org. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  25. ^ a b c d "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
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