Charles C Dike, FRCPsych, MBChB, MPH

Charles C Dike is Professor of Psychiatry, and Deputy Chair for State Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine. He is also Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Mental Health Center. Prior to that, he was Chief Medical Officer, Office of the Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and past president of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL).

Dr. Dike completed medical school at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, and psychiatric residency at All Birmingham Hospitals Psychiatry Residency Training Scheme attached to the University of Birmingham, England. After additional training at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr. Dike completed a fellowship training in Law and Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medical.

Dr. Dike obtained a Diploma in Clinical Psychiatry from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ireland and was awarded a membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists of England in 1998. He obtained a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2004, and a Master of Arts (Privatum) from Yale in 2024.

A past president of Connecticut Psychiatric Society, Dr. Dike is a Distinguished Fellow of American Psychiatric Association, Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists of England, and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is also past Chair of the Ethics Committees of the APA and of AAPL, and author of Ethics Corner in Psychiatric News, a monthly article discussing psychiatric and medical ethics concerns in practice. Dr. Dike is a Special (Federal) Government Employee serving on the National Advisory Council of the Center for Mental Health Services of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

AAPL established the Charles C Dike Scholarship Award for his tireless work on Diversity and Inclusion and other issues pertinent to forensic psychiatric practice. He is also a recent awardee of the APA’s Chester Pierce, MD, Human Rights Award. His interest areas include, but are not limited to, medical and psychiatric ethics, pathological lying, management of aggression, health systems administration and forensic psychiatric consultations (civil and criminal).