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Benjamin Lewis

Benjamin Lewis, MD

Languages spoken: English
  • Benjamin Lewis, MD, Associate Professor (Clinical), practices inpatient adult psychiatry at the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah Huntsman Mental ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Institute where his clinical interests involve the diagnosis and treatment of major psychiatric disorders. He has additional interests in medical ethics, the philosophy of psychiatry, and the emerging science and clinical applications of psychedelic medicine.

    Board Certification

    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)
  • Benjamin Lewis, MD, Associate Professor (Clinical), practices inpatient adult psychiatry at the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah Huntsman Mental ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Institute where his clinical interests involve the diagnosis and treatment of major psychiatric disorders. He has additional interests in medical ethics, the philosophy of psychiatry, and the emerging science and clinical applications of psychedelic medicine.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Psychiatry -Primary
    Academic Divisions Adult Psychiatry
    Board Certification
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)

    Education history

    Chief Resident ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah Chief Resident
    ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah Assistant Chief Resident
    Residency Adult Psychiatry - ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah Resident
    Medicine - ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Iowa College of Medicine M.D.
    Undergraduate English [Magna cum Laude] - Harvard ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ A.B.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Lewis BR, Garland EL, Byrne K, Durns T, Hendrick J, Beck A, Thielking P (2023). HOPE: A Pilot Study of Psilocybin Enhanced Group Psychotherapy in Patients With Cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage, 66(3), 258-269. ()
    2. Byrne K, Lindsay S, Baker N, Schmutz C, Lewis B (2023). In Naturalistic Psychedelic Use, Group Use is Common and Acceptable. J Psychedelic Stud, https://doi.org/10.1556/2054.2023.00261.
    3. Lewis BR, Hendrick J, Byrne K, Garland E, Thielking P, Beck A (2023). Group format psychedelic-assisted therapy interventions: Observations and impressions from the HOPE trial. J Psychedelic Stud, https://doi.org/10.1556/2054.2022.00222.
    4. Kious BM, Lewis BR, Kim SYH (2023). Epistemic injustice and the psychiatrist. Psychol Med, 53(1), 1-5. ()
    5. Kious BM, Schwartz Z, Lewis BR (2022). Should we be leery of being Leary? Concerns about psychedelic use by psychedelic researchers. J Psychopharmacol, 37(1), 45-48.
    6. Lewis BR, Byrne K (2021). Update on Psychedelic Therapies for Mental ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ. Clinical and Forensic Toxicology News, 1-5.
    7. Case GA, Pippitt KA, Lewis BR (2018). Shame. Perspect Med Educ, 7(Suppl 1), 12-15. ()

    Review

    1. Lewis BR, Byrne K (2023). A Review of MDMA-Assisted Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. [Review]. Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ), 21(3), 247-256. ()
    2. Lewis BR, Byrne K (2021). Is MDD the right target for early-stage psychedelic-assisted therapy trials? [Review]. J Psychedelic Stud, 5(2), 65-68.

    Book Chapter

    1. Lewis BR, Kious BM (2015). The organic-functional distinction. In Cautin R, Lilienfeld (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology. Wiley-Blackwell.

    Commentary

    1. Lewis, Benjamin R Byrne, Kevin Beck, Anna (2023). Group Format Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy: Commentary on the HOPE trial (HOPE: a pilot study of psilocybin-enhanced group psychotherapy in patients with cancer). Journal of anesthesiology and pain therapy, 4(3), 1-3.
    2. Lewis BR (2021). Some aspects of containment matter. Philos Psychiatr Psychol, 28(3), 223-225.
    3. Lewis BR (12/18/15). "The Drugs Didn't Mix: On the Overvaluation of Misvaluation". Philos Psychiatr Psychol, 22(1), 41-43.

    Editorial

    1. Loughlin M, Bluhm R, Fuller J, Buetow S, Borgerson K, Lewis BR, Kious BM (2015). Diseases, patients and the epistemology of practice: mapping the borders of health, medicine and care. J Eval Clin Pract, 21(3), 357-64. ()

    Letter

    1. Kious BM, Lewis BR, Kim SYH (2023). What does epistemic injustice add? A response to Grim and Aftab  [Letter to the editor]. Psychol Med, 53(12), 5879-5881.
    2. Kious BM, Lewis BR (2018). Classifying psychiatric disorders as communicable diseases. [Letter to the editor]. Lancet Psychiatry, 6(1), 13-14. ()