Charles Dike, MD, MPH, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale in the department's Law & Psychiatry Division, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Dr. Dike currently serves as the director of the Whiting Forensic Division at Connecticut Valley Hospital.
Fellowship in the Royal College of Psychiatrists is awarded as a mark of distinction and recognition of significant contributions to the field of psychiatry.
Dr. Dike is active in academic and organized psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. He served as President of the Connecticut Psychiatric Society (2010-11), and has received that organization’s Service Award. He currently chairs the Ethics Committee of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) and is the editor of AAPL's Newsletter. He has been a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists since 1998 and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the professional and educational body for psychiatrists in the United Kingdom. The core purposes of the College are to set standards and promote excellence in psychiatry and mental healthcare; to lead, represent and support psychiatrists; and to work with consumers, caregivers and their organizations. The College has been in existence in some form since 1841.