Curriculum Vitae

About Me
Education
- 1959 -- BS, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- 1962 -- MD, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Postgraduate Training
- 1962-1963 -- Intern, Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
- 1965-1968 -- Resident in Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, IA
- 1978-1980 -- Fellow in Biopsychosocial Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
- 1996 & 1999 -- Master of Science (Clinical Epidemiology), Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- Clinical Polysomnographer (Association of Sleep Disorders Centers)
- Academy on Communication in Healthcare
Academic and Professional Appointments
- 1978-84 Assistant Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
- 1984-85 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine
- 1985-91 Associate Professor (Tenured) of Medicine and Psychiatry, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine
- 1991-2020 Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine 2020- Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry Emeritus, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine
- 1990-96 Fetzer Fellow, The Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, MI
- 1996; 1998 Visiting Professor of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard University
- 2015-2020 University Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, Michigan State University
- 2020- University Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry Emeritus, Michigan State University
Society Memberships
- Academy on Communication in Healthcare, Fellow
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American College of Physicians, Master
- European Association for Communication in Healthcare
- Society of General Internal Medicine
Selected Peer-Reviewed Presentations Over the Last Ten Years
2014 Invited Lecture: Establishing the Scientific Validation of the Biopsychosocial Model of Care, The Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence, University of Chicago; Chicago, February; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmvN3Rutq2U
2014 Grand Rounds/Coen Family Lecture: The Scientific Validation of the Biopsychosocial Model. Baystate Medical Center, Medical and Pediatric Residency and Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA, April
2014 Workshop: Teaching and Using an Evidence-based Model for Patient-Centered Interviewing, Society for General Internal Medicine, San Diego, April.
2014 Michigan Primary Care Association—Training Medical Physicians to Provide Mental Health Care. May
2014 Workshop: Primary Care Mental Health: Diagnosis and Treatment, International Association on Communication in Healthcare, Amsterdam, October
2014 Workshop: Teaching and Using an Evidence-based Method for Patient-Centered Interviewing, International Association on Communication in Healthcare, Amsterdam, October
2014 Symposium: Implications of a Scientific Biopsychosocial Model, International Association on Communication in Healthcare, Amsterdam, October
2014 Workshop (8 hr.): Patient-Centered Interviewing: Takoma Medical Associates, Takoma Regional Hospital, Greeneville TN, November
2015 Roundtable (invited member): Roundtable on the Future of Healthcare. DNV-GL Sustania Monday Morning Global Institute, Washington, DC, February
2015 Oral presentation: An Evidence-based Patient-Centered Interview Makes the Biopsychosocial Model Scientific, 8th Geneva Conference on Person-Centered Medicine, Geneva University Hospital and the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, April
2015 Oral presentation: Intensive Mental Health Training for Medical Residents, 8th Geneva Conference on Person-Centered Medicine, Geneva University Hospital and the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, April
2015 Course (3 sessions): Patient-Centered Interviewing, American Academy on Communication in Healthcare Annual Meeting, Drexel University, Philadelphia, June
2015 Plenary presentation: An Evidence-based Patient Centered Interviewing Method, Michigan State Medical Society, Troy, MI, October
2015 Workshop: Patient-Centered Interviewing, International Conference on Communication in Healthcare Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, October
2015 Oral presentation: A Criterion Standard Research Method for Rating a Patient-Centered Interaction, International Conference on Communication in Healthcare Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, October
2016 Invited presentation: The Scientific Validation of the Biopsychosocial Model – The Evidence-based Patient-Centered Interview. Health Communication ProSeminar Series, School of Communication Center for Communication and Health, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, March
2016 Webinar for AACH: Integrating Social Scientists Into Medical Communication, American Academy on Communication and Healthcare, April
2016 Research presentation: “A Questionnaire Identifying Four Key Components of Patient Satisfaction with Physician Communication,” 14th International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, The European Association for Communication in Healthcare, Heidelberg, September
2017 Invited presentation: Emotions and Communication – A Darwinian and Psychoanalytic Survival Perspective. Health Communication ProSeminar Series, School of Communication Center for Communication and Health, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, April
2017 Workshop: “Reclaiming Meaning and Reducing Burnout by Making Empathic Connections with Patients,” Society for General Internal Medicine, Washington, DC, April
2017 Course (3 sessions): Patient-Centered Interviewing, American Academy on Communication in Healthcare Annual Meeting, UCLA, Los Angeles, June
2017 Research presentation: “A Research Coding Method to Evaluate Medical Clinicians Conduct of Behavioral Health Care,” International Conference on Communication in Healthcare and Health Literacy Annual Research Conference, The American Academy on Communication in Healthcare, Baltimore, October
2017 Workshop: “Reclaiming Meaning and Reducing Burnout by Making Empathic Connections with Patients,” International Conference on Communication in Healthcare and Health Literacy Annual Research Conference, The American Academy on Communication in Healthcare, Baltimore, October
2018 DocCom—Patient-Centered Interviewing. May 19; https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/barbara-lewis/healthcare-communication-effective-techniques-for-clinicians/e/54552333
2018 Research presentation: “Teaching Residents Mental Health Care—A Feasibility Study,” International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, The European Association for Communication in Healthcare, University of Porto, Portugal, September
2018 Keynote Address: “How Medicine Lost Its Mind?,” Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine Annual Alpha Omega Alpha Meeting, East Lansing, November
2019 Workshops (2) (with Auguste Fortin): Communicating Effectively When You Don’t Want To: Practical Strategies for Difficult Conversations with Patients, Staff, Administrators, and Other Clinicians; American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, April
2019 Workshop (with Auguste Fortin): Reclaiming Meaning and Reducing Burnout by Making Empathic Connections; American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, April
2019 DocCom—Patient-Centered Interviewing to Uncover Mental Health Issues. October 12; Healthcare Communication: Effective Techniques for Clinicians on Stitcher (see October 12 version from menu)
2020 Workshops (2) (with Auguste Fortin): Communicating Effectively When You Don’t Want To: Practical Strategies for Difficult Conversations with Patients, Staff, Administrators, and Other Clinicians; American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, April—cancelled due to coronavirus
2020 Workshop (with Auguste Fortin): Reclaiming Meaning and Reducing Burnout by Making Empathic Connections; American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, April—cancelled due to coronavirus
2020 Workshop (with Patrick Hemming, Lauren Peccoralo, Danielle Loeb): Treating Depression in Patients with Medical and Social Complexity: Applying the Mental Health Care Model in Primary Care. Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, May—cancelled due to coronavirus
2021 Workshop (with Auguste Fortin): Reclaiming Meaning and Reducing Burnout by Making Empathic Connections; American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, April—cancelled due to coronavirus
2021 Workshop (with Patrick Hemming, Lauren Peccoralo, Danielle Loeb): Treating Depression in Patients with Medical and Social Complexity: Applying the Mental Health Care Model in Primary Care. American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, April —cancelled due to coronavirus
2021 Keynote Address: Emotions and Communication: A Darwinian and Psychoanalytic Survival Perspective. International Conference for Communication in Healthcare. Academy on Communication in Healthcare and European Academy on Communication in Healthcare. Virtual meeting due to coronavirus, October; https://youtu.be/vDEgWvw9TPQ (begins at 8:35 minute time point)
2021 Keynote Address: Patient-Centered Interviewing Makes the Biopsychosocial Model Scientific. European Society of Medicine Annual ESMED Assembly. Berlin, November—cancelled with coronavirus
2021 Keynote Address: Physical Symptoms are as Important as Psychological Symptoms in Primary Care Psychiatry. European Society of Medicine Annual ESMED Assembly. Berlin, November—cancelled with coronavirus
2022 Keynote Address: Physical Symptoms are as Important as Psychological Symptoms in Primary Care Psychiatry. Webinar on Nursing and Neurology 2022, 2nd Edition of World Health Care and Nursing Webinar & Global Conference on Brain and Neurological Disorders, March
2022 Workshop (with Patrick Hemming, Lauren Peccoralo, Karly Murphy, Neda Laiteerapong): Treating Depression in Patients with Medical and Social Complexity: Applying the Mental Health Care Model in Primary Care. American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April
2022 Lecture: Depression Treatment for Non-Specialists. Oakstone Continuing Medical Education, Chicago, September
2023 Research presentation: Costs of a Train-the-Trainer Program to Teach Primary Care Faculty Mental Health Care. Fifteenth Workshop on Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry – Mental Health Services, Economics, Policy Research, Venice, Italy, March
2023 Workshop (with Patrick Hemming, Karly Murphy, Shilpa Kavuturu, Shahla Baharlou, Tracey Henry): Turning the Tide: Giving Your Students, Residents and Colleagues the Skills to Provide Effective Evidence-Based Treatment of Depression in Primary Care. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, April
2023 Psychiatry Grand Rounds: The Mental Health Crisis—Medicine’s Existential Crisis. Case Western Reserve University, Dept. of Psychiatry, Cleveland, OH, June; https://youtu.be/DzxPiBVf6xk
2024 Workshops (2) (with Patrick Hemming, Karly Murphy, Shilpa Kavuturu, Shahla Baharlou, Tracey Henry): Treating Depression in Patients with Medical and Social Complexity: Applying the Mental Health Care Model in Primary Care. American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April
2024 Grand Rounds: Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression. Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Champaign-Urbana, IL, April. Bleeding Edge Grand Rounds: Depression in Medical Settings: Diagnosis and Treatment (youtube.com)
2024 60th Anniversary Town Hall Meeting: Biopsychosocial Model. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI, May. https://vimeo.com/947569446?share=copy
2025 Workshops (2) (with Patrick Hemming, Karly Murphy, Shilpa Kavuturu, Shahla Baharlou, Tracey Henry): Partnering for Depression Care: Evidence-based Care of Major Depression for Internists. American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April – unable to attend.
2025 Workshop (with Patrick Hemming, Shilpa Kavuturu, Shahla Baharlou, Tracey Henry): Evidence-based Care of Major Depression. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, May 14-17
PROMOTION ACTIVITIES FOR HAS MEDICINE LOST ITS MIND?
Invited Podcasts
2020 Health Care Asia Daily—Are Doctors Oblivious to Mental Health Illness? May 28; http://www.healthcareasia.org/2020/exclusive-are-doctors-oblivious-to-mental-health-illness/
2020 The Medicine Mentors Podcast—Improving Patient-Centered Care with Dr. Robert C. Smith. August 19; https://themedicinementors.libsyn.com/improving-patient-centered-care-with-dr-robert-c-smith; https://themedicinementors.libsyn.com/
2020 The Spin Cycle with the Anxiety Sisters—Mental Health Care in America. November 18; https://anxietysisters.com/pod_cast_blogs/spin-cycle-episode-030/
2021 ACH Coffee Conversations—Reviewing the History of Doctor Vs Patient Centered Communication. January 28; https://connect.achonline.org/browse/coffeeconversations; https://youtu.be/jCagmQvXBaQ
2022 SEE HEAR FEEL. Patient-Centered Communication Skills. October 17; https://www.buzzsprout.com/1954860/11523912-ep34-dr-robert-smith-on-the-basics-of-communicating.mp3?download=true
2024 ACH Coffee Conversations—Medicine’s Guiding Theory Shortchanges Patient-Centered Communication and Mental Health Care, July 30; https://youtu.be/yv8NHAMKOSE
2025 Seize the Moment – Podcast: Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? Alen Ulman and Leon Garber– January 18
Video: https://youtu.be/TtnpxgIMK_k
2025 A Mental Health Break Podcast with Vincent Lanci—January 28
2025 Guns and Mental Health, Jake Wiskerchen and Michael Soldini — January 31
2025 Linda’s Corner Podcast: Inspiration for a Better Life—Linda Bjork — January 31à July 15 publication — https://www.buzzsprout.com/757730/episodes/16544310
2025 Schizophrenia: Three Moms in the Trenches—Podcast (Randye Kaye): Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? — February 4 — Catch it Early: What Doctors and Practitioners Miss About Mental Illness (Ep. 112) – short: Preview: Catch it Early: What Doctors and Practitioners Miss About Mental Illness (Ep. 112)
2025 As I Live and Grieve—Kathy Gleason and Kelly Keck—February 6
2025 Noggin Notes on Friday, Jake Wiskerchen — February 7
2025 Creating a New Health Care– Zeev Neuwirth + Grace Lynn Keller – February 7
2025 Christina Crowe Podcast: Making the Invisible Visible – February 21
2025 It’s Not Therapy Podcast with Liana Kerzner—February 24
2025 Amazon Live Show video-Pam Perry’s Pick on Amazon Favorite Books Show – March 5
2025 Bridging the Gap Podcast: Why the Mental Health System Needs Reform for Your Longevity; Life Management Science Labs, a division of The KPI Institute (Australia) – April 29
2025 Podcast (Christine Ko): Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? — See Hear Feel; to be scheduled
Articles/Blogs/Interviews
2021 Relations Area—Five Signs of a Toxic Relationship. August 13; https://www.relationsarea.com/5-early-warning-signs-of-a-toxic-relationship/
2025 Invited commentary– Comment to Psychiatrist.com (Journal Clinical Psychiatry) – January 8
2025 Interview by ACP Hospitalist re. suicide; Gianna Melillo — Addressing suicidality in primary care | I.M. Matters from ACP – published February 4, 2025
2025 Invited Commentary – Progressive Muscular Relaxation – February 5
2025 Interview by TheBestsellingAuthor.com by Mark Malatesta
2025 Interview (Lisa Tener) — how-to-write-a-book.com
Book Reviews
2025 Book Review by Joslyn Vann, US Review of Books – February 7 — https://www.theUSreview.com/reviews-1/Has-Medicine-Lost-Its-Mind-by-Robert-C-Smith.html; official USR banners at http://www.theusreview.com/USRfaq.html#icon
2025 Book Review (Ines Picard) by Knowing Neurons.
2025 Book Review (Kenny Lin) by Common Sense Doctor
2025 Summary of Book in Health Care Asia
2025 Summary of Book in KevinMD
Presentations/Lectures
2023 Psychiatry Grand Rounds: The Mental Health Crisis—Medicine’s Existential Crisis. Case Western Reserve University, Dept. of Psychiatry, Cleveland, OH, June; https://youtu.be/DzxPiBVf6xk
2024 60th Anniversary Town Hall Meeting: Biopsychosocial Model. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI, May. https://vimeo.com/947569446?share=copy
2025 Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? Book Launch – Chicago Seminary Co-op Book Stores; March 4. PR: https://www.facebook.com/share/1HJj2wx9he/; https://www.semcoop.com/event/robert-c-smith-md-has-medicine-lost-its-mind
2025 Seminar: Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? – Social Sciences Scholars, Michigan State University, Dept. of History; March 11.
2025 Lecture: Addressing the Crisis in Mental Health Care and Medicine. Seventeenth Workshop on Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry – Mental Health Services, Economics, Policy Research, Venice, Italy, March 29
2025 Lecture: Part I—HAS MEDICINE LOST ITS MIND? 67th Annual World Social Science Association Conference, Seattle, WA, April 3
2025 Lecture: Part II—MEDICINE LOST ITS MIND—THE MIND-BODY SPLIT 67th Annual World Social Science Association Conference, Seattle, WA, April 3
Psychology Today Blog (Patient Zero): (Robert C. Smith M.D. | Psychology Today)—forwarded to Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Personal Website (https://robertcsmithmd.com/)
2018 Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? February 7; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201802/has-medicine-lost-its-mindv
2018 Prescription Opioids Create a Societal Problem. February 28; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201802/prescription-opioids-create-societal-problem
2018 Physician Burnout—More Than Meets the Eye. March 11; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201803/physician-burnout-more-meets-the-eye
2018 Opioid Complications are Related to the Dose. April 1; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201804/opioid-complications-are-related-the-dose
2018 Suspicious Behaviors Suggest Opioid Misuse. April 28; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201804/suspicious-behaviors-suggest-misuse-opioids
2018 Chronic Pain is Not a Disease. May 27; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201805/chronic-pain-is-not-disease
2018 We Can Prevent Half or More of All Suicides. June 12; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201806/we-can-prevent-half-or-more-all-suicides
2018 “Extra, Extra, Read All About It—Medicine Guillotined.” July 15; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201807/extra-extra-read-all-about-it-medicine-guillotined
2018 René Descartes—Villain or Savior for Mental Health Care. August 21; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201808/rene-descartes-villain-or-savior-mental-health-care
2018 Which Physicians Prescribe More Opioids? September 15; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201809/which-physicians-prescribe-more-opioids
2018 Chronic Pain is an Overdetermined Survival Response. October 21; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201810/chronic-pain-is-over-determined-survival-response
2018 The Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Pain. December 9; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201812/the-diagnosis-and-treatment-chronic-pain
2019 Understanding Humanity’s Blind Spots. January 6; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201901/understanding-humanitys-blind-spots
2019 Medicine Flaunts Modern Science. February 10; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201902/medicine-flaunts-modern-science
2019 Is Medicine Greedy and Morally Bereft? May 5; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201905/is-medicine-greedy-and-morally-bereft
2019 The Humane Use of Opioids. July 12; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201907/the-humane-use-opioids
2019 Presidential Candidate’s Plan to Improve Mental Health Care. August 11; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201908/presidential-candidate-s-plan-improve-mental-health-care
2019 How We Interfere With Our Own Mental Health Care. October 5; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201910/how-we-interfere-our-own-mental-health-care
2019 The Crisis in Psychiatry. December 8; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/201912/the-crisis-in-psychiatry
2020 Medicine Can Improve Physical Diseases Care. January 31; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/202001/medicine-can-improve-physical-diseases-care
2020 Why Do People Develop a Mental Disorder?, April 4; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/202004/why-do-people-develop-mental-disorder
2020 Medicine’s Way of Thinking Prevents Progress in Psychiatry. May 28; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/202005/medicine-s-way-thinking-prevents-progress-in-psychiatry
2020 You Can Prevent Suicide in Someone Close to You. August 1; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/202008/you-can-prevent-suicide-in-someone-close-you
2020 Hope for Improved Mental Health Care. October 4; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/202010/hope-improved-mental-health-care
2020 We Don’t Train the Physicians Who Provide Mental Health Care. December 19; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/202012/we-don-t-train-the-physicians-who-provide-mental-health-care
2021 Improving the Mental Health Care of Those Close to You. February 28; https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/202102/improving-the-mental-health-care-those-close-you
2021 May 23; Chronic Pain Is a Symptom | Psychology Today
2021 July 24; Psychiatry’s Mismatch with Primary Care. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/patient-zero/202107/psychiatry-s-mismatch-primary-care
2021 October 2; How to Effectively Communicate with Others | Psychology Today
2022 January 8; We Miss Many Psychiatric Diagnoses | Psychology Today
2022 March 19; Poor U.S. Mental Health Care Is Confirmed by a Top Authority | Psychology Today
2022 June 11; America Needs a National Institute of Healthcare Education | Psychology Today
2022 September 18; The Dangers of Medicine’s Pernicious Culture | Psychology Today
2022 December 14; Are CDC Guidelines Too Liberal Around Prescribing Opioids? | Psychology Today
2023 February 11; A New Book Puts Chronic Pain in a Better Perspective | Psychology Today
2023 May 21; How Medicine Relegated Mental Illness to Secondary Status | Psychology Today
2023 August 20; Thinking About Healthspan to Live Longer and Better | Psychology Today
2023 November 4; Patients Are More Complex Than We Realize | Psychology Today
2024 February 7; How to Identify an Individual Patient’s Resilience | Psychology Today
2024 April 13; Is Psychiatry Waking Up to the Truth About Mental Illness? | Psychology Today
2024 June 29; How Artificial Intelligence Could Enhance Healthcare | Psychology Today
2024 September 22; Medically Assisted Death in Patients With a Mental Illness | Psychology Today
2024 December 15; Why Medicine Ignores the Public’s Mental Health Needs | Psychology Today
Reviewer
- Journals (7-10 reviews yearly)
- Other (1-2 reviews yearly)
Formal Teaching/Mentoring
- 1. RESIDENTS (Medicine; Family Medicine) in one-month, full-time Psychosocial Rotation (+ Mental Health Clinic Training for last five years) continuously from 1986 to 2020 – N=400 (through academic year 2019-2020)
- 2. MD/PhD student: Ashley Bartell-Hesson in communication and its research in linguistics
- 3. FELLOWS (2–3-year fellowship) in biopsychosocial and behavioral health medicine a) Academy for Communication in Healthcare: Auguste Fortin VI; Stuart Sprague; Brenda Lepisto b) MSU: Alicia Marshall; Judi Lyles; Kate Lein; Karen Kent; James Olson; Francesca Dwamena; Heather Laird-Fick; Laura Freilich; Shilpa Kavuturu; Mukta Sharma; Katelyn Grayson-Sneed c) Duke: informal over many years for Patrick Hemming
- 4. FELLOW (two-year fellowship) in sleep disorders: Paul Gouin
- 5. MSU TENURE-STREAM FACULTY MENTOR: Karen Patricia Williams, Ann Mongoven, Ellen Velie, Vincent Young
All are or have been academic scholars and/or administrators at, variously, Michigan State University, University of Michigan, EW Sparrow Health Systems, McLaren Health Systems, Yale University, Duke University, University of South Carolina, Texas A&M, and Ohio State University
Awards
1989 Thomas Hale Ham Award for New Investigators. RIME Conference, Washington, D.C.
1990 Award for Innovative Programs in Internal Medicine Education, Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM), New Orleans.
1999 Arthur A. Victor Distinguished Faculty Award in Health Care Delivery, Michigan State University.
2001 The George Engel Research Award for Distinguished Research in the Field of Doctor-Patient Communication, Annual Meeting of the American Academy on Physician and Patient (AAPP) and the Bayer Institute for Health Care Communication, San Diego.
2002 National Award for Career Achievements in Medical Education, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), 25th Anniversary Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine, Atlanta.
2003 Fetzer Institute Award for One of the Top 10 Exemplar Relationship-Centered Care Projects in Health Professions Education
2005 Laureate Award, American College of Physicians, Michigan Chapter
2006, 2007 Tenure-stream Faculty Mentor Award, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University
2006, 2007, Outstanding Faculty Award, Michigan State University Internal Medicine Residency
2009, 2017 2007 College of Human Medicine Distinguished Faculty Award, Michigan State University
2008 University Distinguished Faculty Award, Michigan State University
2011 2011 Question of the Year Essay Award by Academic Medicine — Paper [Educating Trainees About Common Mental Health Problems in Primary Care: A (Not So) Modest Proposal]
2015-2020 University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University
2017 Master, American College of Physicians
2020 University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University
2022 Certificate of Appreciation: National Mentoring Month 2022, American College of Physicians
2024 Academy for Communication in Healthcare, Healthcare Communication Teaching Excellence Award at Annual ENRICH Conference. June. https://x.com/RobertCSmithMD/status/1811871527626834250 Awardee Video.MOV
Grants and Contracts Awarded
1980-81 PI, Biomedical Research Support Grant, “The Relationship of Dreaming and Being Ill” — $7500
1982-83 PI, Department of Psychiatry Research Grant, “Dreams Reflect Biological Function,” University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry — $5000
1985-87 PI, Michigan Health Care Education and Research Foundation Grant, “Cost Reduction Through Better Diagnosis in Irritable Bowel Syndrome,” Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan — $40,296
1987-88 PI, Ingham Medical Center Development Council Grant, “Descending Motor Function in Sleep” — $25,000
1988-89 PI, Biomedical Research Support Grant, “Descending Motor Function in Sleep” — $7500
1990-91 PI, Supervisor of Resident Research Project, Biomedical Research Support Project Grant, “Interns, Stress, and Cholesterol” — $1600
1990-92 Co- PI, The John E. Fetzer Institute Contract establishing the Center for Meaning and Health — $193,460
1990-95 PI, The John E. Fetzer Institute Contract for “The Research Evaluation of Psychosocial Teaching in Medical Residents” — $1,022,967
1995-96 PI, CHM Seed Grant for “Screening and Identifying Somatizing Patients” — $5000
1995-96 PI, Dept. of Medicine Seed Grant for “Screening and Identifying Somatizing Patients” — $1599
1996-97 PI, Institute for Managed Care Grant for “Screening for High Utilization Somatizing Patients” — $65,598
1997-98 PI, MSU Seed Grant for a Feasibility Study of NIMH Proposal “Improving Outcomes for Somatizers in Managed Care” — $28,000
1997-00 PI, MSU Grant to Develop a Teaching Videotape of “The Patient’s Story: Integrated Patient- Doctor Interviewing” — $27,500
1997-2002 Co-I, Communication Theme Leader, Capitol City Consortium Grant for “Managed Care Partners: Training Tomorrow’s Physicians Today” – 10% salary support
1998-99 PI, Institute for Managed Care Grant to develop Minor Acute Illness submission — $1500
1999 PI, MSU Grant to develop Minor Acute Illness submission — $3500
1999-2002 PI, National Institute of Mental Health Grant (RO1 MH57099) for “Improving Outcomes for Somatizers in Managed Care” — $1,969,324
2000-2002 PI, Minority Supplement to NIMH Grant RO1 MH56099-01A1; Francesca Dwamena, MI — $214,599
2005 PI, Dept. of Medicine/CHM Dean’s Office Grant for pilot study of “Managing High-Utilizing Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms” — $23,000
2008-2009 PI (Heather Laird-Fick formal PI), Picker Challenge Grant Proposal — Patient-Centered Training of Residents on a Medical Ward – Picker Institute — $25,000
2008-2010 PI, Dept. of Radiology Support for pilot study of “fMRI and the Doctor-Patient Relationship” – MRI facilities + key personnel —$25,000
2011-2016 PI, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) (D58HP23259) for “A Mental Health Curriculum for Residents” — $1,097,935 – no-cost extension 2016-2017
2017-2018 PI, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. contract for video of Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing — $30,643
PUBLICATIONS
The pound (#) sign means this publication is part of the h-Index.
The asterisk (*) sign means Smith is senior/corresponding author.
Website
Website: https://robertcsmithmd.com/
— the website contains direct links to a pdf copy of most of the following articles and provides an overview of our work; launched November 2017, completed July 2018, updated September 2019, updated April 2020, updated January 2021, updated November 2021, revised March 2023, revised August 2023, updated January 2024; updated September 202; revised January 2025
Trade book
SMITH RC: Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? — Why Our Mental Health System Is Failing Us and What Should Be Done to Cure It
- Prometheus Books will publish Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? in hardcover (and e-book) as a lead title of their Spring season in March 2025.
Textbooks
Patient-Centered Interviewing
#SMITH RC: The Patient’s Story: Integrated Patient-Doctor Interviewing. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1996. (acquired by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)
SMITH RC: Teaching Supplement for the Patient’s Story: Integrated Patient-Doctor Interviewing. East Lansing, MI 48824. Robert C. Smith, publisher; B312 Clinical Center, Michigan State University. 1996.
#SMITH RC: Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2002. (2nd edition of The Patient’s Story)
SMITH RC: Teaching Supplement for Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method, 2nd edition. East Lansing, MI 48824. Robert C. Smith, publisher; B312 Clinical Center, Michigan State University. 1996.
#*FORTIN AH VI, DWAMENA FC, FRANKEL RM, SMITH RC: Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., April 2012.
*FORTIN AH VI, DWAMENA FC, FRANKEL RM, SMITH RC: Teaching Supplement for Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method, 3rd edition. McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., April 2012
*FORTIN AH VI, DWAMENA FC, FRANKEL RF, LEPISTO B, SMITH RC: Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-based Method, 4th edition, McGraw-Hill, publisher; 2018. https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookid=2446
*FORTIN AH VI, DWAMENA FC, FRANKEL RM, SMITH RC: Teaching Supplement for Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method, 4th edition. McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 2018
Mental Health in Primary Care
SMITH RC, D’MELLO D, OSBORN G, FREILICH L, DWAMENA FC, LAIRD-FICK H: Essentials of Psychiatry in Primary Care: Behavioral Health in the Medical Setting, McGraw-Hill; 2019; https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookid=2636
Book Chapters
SMITH RC: Evaluating dream function – emphasizing the study of patients with organic disease. In: Haskell RE ed. Cognition and Dream Research. New York: Institute of Mind and Behavior, 1986:267-280. (Special issue of J Mind Behav, 1986; 7:397-410.)
SMITH RC: Traumatic dreams as an early warning of health problems. In: Krippner S, ed. Dreamtime and Dreamwork–Decoding the Language of the Night, Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., 1990; 224-32.
SMITH RC: The meaning of dreams–a current warning theory. In: Gackenback J, Sheikh A, eds. Dream Images: A Call to Mental Arms. Amityville, New York: Baywood Publishing, Co., Inc., 1991; 127-146.
SMITH RC: Methodological questions and the meaning of dreams. In: Ahsen A. Prolucid Dreaming. New York: Brandon House, Inc., (Special Issue of J Ment Imagery 1992; 16:175-82.)
SMITH RC: Use and management of physicians’ feelings during the interview. In: Lipkin M, Putnam SM, Lazare A, eds. The Medical Interview-A Textbook on Medical Interviewing. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1995; 104-109.
SMITH RC: Integrated patient-doctor interviewing. In: Mollica RF, Kapetanovic A, Lavelle J, Johnson KE, Streets FJ, eds., A Pedagogy of Trauma – A Teacher/Student Guide: The Training of Health Care Providers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (in collaboration with University of Sarajevo), 22 Putnam Ave., Cambridge MA 02139, 2000.
SMITH RC: History of the present illness. In: Continuous Professional Development: Self-Assessment in Communication Skills, American Academy on Physician and Patient, editor, Philadelphia: American Board of Internal Medicine, 2002. Also, In: Saizow R, editor, Research-based Updates on Medical Interviewing [Internet]. Washington: American Academy on Physician and Patient; 2002.
SMITH RC: An evidence-based infrastructure for patient-centered interviewing. In: Frankel R, Quill T, McDaniel S, eds., The Biopsychosocial Model: Past, Present, and Future, Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2003; 148-163.
*DWAMENA FC, FORTIN VI AF, SMITH RC: Patient-centered interviewing. In: Tierney L, Henderson M, and Smetana G, The Complete Patient History, 3rd edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005; 9-16.
*FORTIN VI AF, DWAMENA FC, SMITH RC: Doctor-centered interviewing. In: Tierney L, Henderson M, and Smetana G, The Complete Patient History, 3rd edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005; 17-28.
SMITH R, EL-TAHAWY E, EL-MAHDY S, DOSH K, MIRELES J, CHICK D. Michigan State University internal medicine residency curriculum on 12 lead ECG, version date May 2007. Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, 2007.
CHICK D, LAIRD-FICK H, SOUSA A, DWAMENA F, SCHMALBACH A, SMITH R, BOUKNIGHT R, MORGAN K. Michigan State University internal medicine residency competency curricula and learning objectives, 3rd Edition. Michigan State University, 2007
SMITH R. Somatic Treatment. In: American College of Physicians, Kroenke K, editor, Depression Care Guidelines, Philadelphia, PA, 2011. http://depression.acponline.org (last accessed 12/27/11)
SMITH R. Communication. In: American College of Physicians, Kroenke K, editor, Depression Care Guidelines, Philadelphia, PA, 2011. http://depression.acponline.org (last accessed 12/27/11)
*DWAMENA FC, FORTIN VI AF, SMITH RC: Patient-centered interviewing. In: Tierney L, Henderson M, and Smetana G, The Complete Patient History, 4th edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012.
*FORTIN VI AF, DWAMENA FC, SMITH RC: Doctor-centered interviewing. In: Tierney L, Henderson M, and Smetana G, The Complete Patient History, 4th edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012.
CD-ROM/Internet
SMITH RC, DWAMENA FC, FORTIN A: Integrated Patient-Doctor Interviewing — I. In: Rose B, ed, UpToDate (Aronson MD, Fletcher RH, Fletcher SW — Primary Care Section), 2001, Vol 12, No. 2.; updated 11/06 & 1/08; updated 2/10; updated Nov, 2011; updated Nov 2012
SMITH RC, DWAMENA FC, FORTIN A: Integrated Patient-Doctor Interviewing — II. In: Rose B, ed, UpToDate (Aronson MD, Fletcher RH, Fletcher SW — Primary Care Section), 2001, Vol 12, No. 2.; updated 1/08; updated 2/10; updated Nov, 2011; updated Nov 2012
*FORTIN A, DWAMENA FC, SMITH RC: The Difficult Patient. In: Rose B, ed, UpToDate (Aronson MD, Fletcher RH, Fletcher SW — Primary Care Section), 2000; Vol 12, No 2; updated 3/09; updated 3/10
SMITH RC, DWAMENA FC: Primary Care Management of Medically Unexplained Symptoms. In: Rose B, ed, UpToDate (Aronson MD, Fletcher RH, Fletcher SW — Primary Care Section), 2004; Vol 12, No. 2.; updated 6/07; updated July 2011; updated Nov 2012
*DWAMENA FC, FORTIN VI AF, SMITH RC: Medically Unexplained Symptoms. In: Physicians’ Information and Education Resource (PIER), 2006, American College of Physicians; updated January 2007
*FORTIN A, DWAMENA FC, SMITH RC: Structure and Content of the Interview. In: Novack D, Clark W, Saizow R, eds., “doc.com,” produced jointly by the American Academy on Physician and Patient and the Drexel University College of Medicine, 2006. Available from: www.physicianpatient.org; updated 2011; updated 2020.
*DWAMENA FC, FORTIN A, SMITH RC: Treating Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms. In: Novack D, Clark W, Saizow R, eds., “doc.com,” produced jointly by the American Academy on Physician and Patient and the Drexel University College of Medicine, 2008. Available from: www.physicianpatient.org; updated 2011.
DVD/Videotape/Digital Recording
https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookid=2446
https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/multimediaOverflow.aspx?bookid=2446
SMITH RC: Evidence-Based Interviewing: (DVD/Tape 1) Patient-Centered Interviewing (February 2001) – Produced by Michigan State University Broadcasting Services, Eric Schultz, Producer – Available from Multimedia Overflow | AccessMedicine | McGraw Hill Medical (mhmedical.com); updated 2012 as companion to 3rd edition of Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method, McGraw-Hill, April 2012; updated April 2018.
SMITH RC: Evidence-Based Interviewing: (DVD/Tape 2) Clinician-Centered Interviewing (February 2001) – Produced by Michigan State University Broadcasting Services, Eric Schultz, Producer – Available from Multimedia Overflow | AccessMedicine | McGraw Hill Medical (mhmedical.com); updated 2012 as companion to 3rd edition of Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method, McGraw-Hill, April 2012; updated April 2018
*MANNING B, LEPISTO B, SMITH R: Videotape: New Inpatient Interview—Produced by Michigan State University Broadcasting Services; Tim Zeko, Producer; Tim Elkins, Director—companion to Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method. Available on McGraw-Hill Access Medicine website, August 2018. https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookID=2446
*MANNING B, LEPISTO B, SMITH R: Videotape: Follow-up Inpatient Interview—Produced by Michigan State University Broadcasting Services; Tim Zeko, Producer; Tim Elkins, Director—companion to Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method. Available on McGraw-Hill Access Medicine website, August 2018. https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookID=2446
*SHAHAR K, LEPISTO B, SMITH R: Videotape: Acutely Ill Patient—Produced by Michigan State University Broadcasting Services; Tim Zeko, Producer; Tim Elkins, Director—companion to Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method. Available on McGraw-Hill Access Medicine website, August 2018. https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookID=2446
*HASSANEIN M, LEPISTO B, SMITH R: Videotape: Patient With a Mental Health Disorder—Produced by Michigan State University Broadcasting Services; Tim Zeko, Producer; Tim Elkins, Director—companion to Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method. Available on McGraw-Hill Access Medicine website, August 2018. https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookID=2446
*ILIEV A, LEPISTO B, SMITH R: Videotape: How to Interrupt—Produced by Michigan State University Broadcasting Services; Tim Zeko, Producer; Tim Elkins, Director—companion to Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method. Available on McGraw-Hill Access Medicine website, August 2018. https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookID=2446
*ILIEV A, LEPISTO B, SMITH R: Videotape: Follow-up Outpatient—Produced by Michigan State University Broadcasting Services; Tim Zeko, Producer; Tim Elkins, Director—companion to Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method. Available on McGraw-Hill Access Medicine website, August 2018. https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookID=2446
*SHAHAR K, LEPISTO B, SMITH R: Using the Electronic Health Record—Produced by Michigan State University Broadcasting Services; Tim Zeko, Producer; Tim Elkins, Director—companion to Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method. Available on McGraw-Hill Access Medicine website, August 2018. https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookID=2446
Invited Articles (non-refereed journals)
SMITH RC: Teaching physicians self-awareness. Medical Encounter 1983; 1(3):3-4.
SMITH RC: A possible biologic role of dreaming. Assoc Study Dreams Newsletter 1985; 2(2):2-3.
GOUIN P, SMITH RC: A primary care approach to insomnia. Resident and Staff Physician 1987; 60:21-29.
SMITH RC: Teaching self-awareness in the medical setting. Medical Encounter 1989; 6(3-4):10-11.
SMITH RC, OSBORN G, HENRY R, HOPPE RB, SEGO D, ALGUIRE P, STOFFELMAYR B: A one-month psychosocial training block for interns. Medical Encounter, 1991.
Fry M, Clark B, Cole K, Harris D, Kaplan C, Little M, Smith R, Suchman T: Don’t call it “spirituality.” Medical Encounter 1996; 12:14-16.
SLUYTER D, SMITH R: Relationship-centered Care: the role of the Fetzer Institute in the changing health care arena. Medical Encounter 1996; 12:12-14.
SMITH RC: Are Doctors Oblivious to Mental Health Illness? Malaysian Journal of Nursing Online News Portal. July 2020.
Reviews and Letters
SMITH RC: Review of “The Biopsychosocial Approach to the Patient,” (by CP Kimball, Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1981). J Nerv Ment Dis 1983; 171:633-634.
SMITH RC: Teaching psychosocial medicine (letter). J Med Educ 1983; 58:920.
SMITH RC: Somatization and alexithymia. (letter) J Fam Pract 1986; 22:402-403.
SMITH RC, MURRAY RH: Review of “Dear Doctor-A Personal Letter to a Physician,” (by C Odegaard, Menlo Park: Kaiser Foundation, 1987). Ann Intern Med 1987; 107:267-268.
SMITH RC, GREENBAUM DS: The use of psychological criteria for diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome (letter). Am J Psychiatry 1991; 148:277-8.
SMITH RC: Review of “Genetics and Psychiatry: An Unheralded Window on the Environment” (Am J Psychiatry 1991; 148:283-291 by Reiss D, Plomin, and Hetherington ME); Center for Meaning and Health Newsletter, May/June 1991.
SMITH RC: Review of “Healing the Wounds,” (by Hilfiker D, New York: Penguin, 1987). Center for Meaning and Health Newsletter, July/August 1991.
SMITH RC: Review of “Where the Mind Meets the Body,” (by Dienstfrey H, New York: Harper Collins, 1991). Center for Meaning and Health Newsletter, November/December 1991.
SMITH RC: Review of “Current Concepts of Somatization: Research and Clinical Perspectives,” (by Kirmayer LJ and Robbins JM, eds., Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Assn. Press, 1991), Center for Meaning and Health Newsletter, November/December 1991.
SMITH RC: Review of “The Nature of Suffering – and the Goals of Medicine,” (by Eric J. Cassell, New York: Oxford University Press, 1991). Ann Intern Med 1992; 116:1038.
SMITH RC, HOPPE RB: Patient-centered and physician-centered approaches to interviewing (letter). Ann Intern Med, 1992; 116:266.
SMITH RC: Review of “Emotion–A Reconsideration of Somatic Theory,” (by AC Papanicolaou, New York: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1989). J Gen Intern Med 1992; 7:375-376.
SMITH RC: Review of “Clinical Stories and their Translations,” (by Howard Stein and Maurice Apprey, London: University Press of Virginia, 1990). J Gen Intern Med, 1992; 7:128.
SMITH RC: The Babinski response and periodic limb movement disorder (letter). J. Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 1992; 4:233-234.
SMITH RC: Sensitivity and specificity of the Manning criteria (letter). Gastroenterology, 1992; 102:1828-1829.
SMITH RC: Diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome (letter). Ann Intern Med 1992;117:1056-1057.
SMITH RC: Review of “Sacred Space: Stories from a Life in Medicine,” (by Clif Cleaveland, Philadelphia: American College of Physicians, 1998). J Gen Intern Med, 1998; 13:649.
SMITH RC: Dr. Smith and Colleagues Respond Regarding Minor Acute Illness (letter). J Fam Pract, 2002;51:472.
SMITH RC: Providing recordings or summaries of consultations may help patients with cancer (review). Cochrane Review, July 1999. In: The Cochrane Library. Oxford: Update Software. Also published in ACP Journal Club 133:28, July/August 2000 and Evidence-Based Medicine
SMITH RC: Selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors reduces symptoms in premenstrual syndrome (review). ACP Journal Club 2001; 134:83. Also published in Evidence-Based Mental Health 2001;4:43.
SMITH RC: Behavioral interventions in chronic fatigue syndrome (review). ACP Journal Club 2002;136:61; Evidence-Based Medicine 2002;7:52.
SMITH RC: Eliciting patients’ concerns: a randomized controlled trial of different approaches by the doctor (review). Evidence-Based Medicine 2005.
General Articles
#SMITH RC: A clinical approach to the somatizing patient. J Fam Pract 1985; 21:294-301.
MICK R, ROSEN D, SMITH RC: Delusions of parasitosis. Psychosomatics 1987; 28:596-598.
SMITH RC, STEIN HF: A topographical model of clinical decision-making: a heuristic for family medicine teaching. Fam Med 1987; 19:361-363.
SMITH RC: Somatization in primary care. Clin Obstet Gynecol 1988; 31:902-914.
#SMITH RC: Somatization Disorder: defining its role in clinical medicine. J Gen Intern Med 1991; 6:168-175.
#SMITH RC, HOPPE RB: The patient’s story–a patient-centered approach. Ann Intern Med 1991; 115:470-477.
SMITH RC: Does spirit matter? Advances 1992; 8:40-42.
#WILLIAMSON P, SMITH RC, KERN D, BARKER R, FLOREK J, HOPPE RB, LIPKIN ML: Teaching psychosocial medicine to interns. J Gen Intern Med 1992; 7:235-242.
BRODY H, SPARKS H, ABBETT W, WOOD D, SMITH R: The mammalian medical center for the 21st Century. JAMA 1993; 270:1097-1100.
SMITH RC, BRODY H, GREENBAUM D, MURRAY R, ROVNER D, WATSON R, ZAROUKIAN M: Seven doctors talk about unconventional medicine. Advances 1993; 9:14-27.
#*MARSHALL A, SMITH RC: Physicians’ emotional reactions to patients: recognizing and managing countertransference. Am J Gastroenterology, 1995; 90:4-8.
SMITH RC: Comprehensive research-based interviewing guidelines in general practice settings. Epidemiologica E Psichiatria Sociale 1999, 8:85-91.
#PLATT FW, GASPAR DL, COULEHAN JL, FOX L, WESTON WW, SMITH RC, ADLER AJ, STEWART M: Tell me about yourself: the patient-centered interview. Ann Intern Med 2001; 134:1079-1085.
SMITH RC: An evidence base for identifying patients’ thoughts and feelings. Advances 2001; 17:31-34.
*LYLES JL, DWAMENA FC, LEIN K, SMITH RC: Evidence-based patient-centered interviewing. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management 2001; 8:28-34.
#SMITH RC: The biopsychosocial revolution: interviewing and provider-patient relationships becoming key issues for primary care. [editorial] J. Gen. Intern. Med.; 2002; 17:309-310.
*OLSON J, KENT K, LEIN CE, SMITH RC: Role of resident attitudes in learning and using skills in patient-centered interviewing. Seminars in Medical Practice 2002; 5:3-12.
#SMITH RC, LEIN C, COLLINS C, LYLES JS, GIVEN B, DWAMENA FC, COFFEY J, HODGES A, GARDINER JC, GODDEERIS J, GIVEN CW: Treating patients with medically unexplained symptoms in primary care. J Gen Intern Med, 2003; 18:478-489.
#SMITH RC, DWAMENA FC, FORTIN VI, AF: Teaching personal awareness. J. Gen. Intern. Med; 2005; 20:201-207.
SMITH RC, GARDINER JC: Administrative database screening to identify somatizing patients; Med Care (editorial);2006; 44:799-802.
#SMITH RC, DWAMENA FC: Classification and diagnosis of patients with medically unexplained symptoms, J. Gen. Intern. Med., 2007, 22:685-691.
DWAMENA FC, HAN C, SMITH RC: Breaking bad news: a patient-centered approach to delivering an unexpected cancer diagnosis. Seminars in Medical Practice; 2008; 11:11–20.
SMITH RC: (Question of the Year Competition) Educating Trainees About Common Mental Health Problems in Primary Care: A (Not So) Modest Proposal. Acad. Med.; 2011; 86:e16; online October 26: http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2011/11000/Educating_Trainees_About_Common_Mental_Health.61.aspx
SMITH RC: (Invited Commentary) Treatment of Chronic Pain in Primary Care – Without Opioids. Ann Fam Med July/August 2012 10:304-311; doi:10.1370/afm.1371
*LAIRD-FICK H, FREILICH L, HAN C, SMITH R: Deconstructing the Difficult Encounters, J Clin Outcomes Management; 2012; 19:557-562.
#SMITH RC, FORTIN A, DWAMENA FC, FRANKEL R: An Evidence-based Patient-Centered Method Makes the Biopsychosocial Model Scientific, Patient Education and Counseling. 2013; 91:265-270; http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0738399113000025
SMITH RC: Interviewing 202 (invited commentary) [eletter], Ann Fam Med, 2013; http://www.annfammed.org/content/11/5/421/reply#annalsfm el 26227, 23 September 2013. Last accessed 5/4/14
SMITH RC: It’s Time to View Severe Medically Unexplained Symptoms as “Red Flag” Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety (invited editorial commentary re. Health Care Use and Costs of Children and Youth with Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders), JAMA Network Open, 2020; 3(7):e2011520.doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.11520. PMID 25996397. July 23, 2020; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32701154; file:///C:/Users/smithro/Downloads/smith_2020_ic_200105.pdf; https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2768562
SMITH RC: Let’s Take Behavioral Health the Next Step. Ann Intern Med; 2020; 173:92-100 (Comment #1 after article by Malatre-Lansac)
SMITH RC, KOVAR-GOUGH I, GRAYSON-SNEED K: Coding Methods to Evaluate Patient-Centered Interactions. Psychosom Med; 2021, 83: 101-102; https://journals.lww.com/psychosomaticmedicine/Citation/2021/01000/Coding_Methods_to_Evaluate_Patient_Centered.12.aspx
SMITH RC: Making the Biopsychosocial Model More Scientific—Its General and Specific Models. Soc Sci Med; 272 (2021) 113568 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33423810/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953620307875?dgcid=author
SMITH RC: Comment on Amplified Pain Syndrome—An Insupportable Assumption (Weisman et al.). JAMA Pediatrics, Published online March 8, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.0111; Print Copy—2021; 175:557-558; https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2776978
SMITH RC: (Editorial) Using the Term “Evidence-Based” in the Communication Literature. Patient Education and Counseling, 2023;110:107684; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.107684; Using the term “evidence-based” in the communication literature – PubMed (nih.gov)
Research Articles
WILSON CB, SMITH RC: Goodpasture’s syndrome associated with influenza A2 virus infection. Ann Intern Med 1972; 76:91-94.
SMITH RC: A possible biologic role of dreaming. Psychother Psychosom 1984; 41:167-176.
#SMITH RC: Teaching interviewing skills to medical students: the issue of countertransference. J Med Educ 1984; 59:582-588.
SHORE BE, SMITH RC: Patient responses to a training interview. J Med Educ 1984; 59:901-903.
SMITH RC: The meaning of dreams-the need for a standardized dream report. Psychiatry Res 1984; 13:267-274.
SMITH RC: Relationship of periodic movements in sleep (nocturnal myoclonus) and the Babinski sign. Sleep 1985; 8(3):239-243.
SMITH RC: Studying the meaning of dreams: accurate definition of the independent variable. Biol Psychiatry 1986; 21:989-996.
#SMITH RC: Unrecognized responses and feelings of residents and fellows during the interviews of patients. J Med Educ 1986; 61:982-984.
SMITH RC: Do dreams reflect a biological state? J Nerv Ment Dis 1987; 175:201-207.
SMITH RC: Confirmation of Babinski-like responses in periodic movements in sleep (nocturnal myoclonus). Biol Psychiatry 1987; 22:1271-1273.
#SMITH RC, ZIMNY G: Physicians’ emotional reactions to patients. Psychosomatics 1988; 29:392-397.
SMITH RC, ALGUIRE P, HENRY R, OSBORN G, STOFFELMAYR B, HOPPE RB: Efficacy of a training block in psychosocial medicine for interns. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference on Research in Medical Education (RIME Conference), October 1989, pp 93-98.
#SMITH RC, GREENBAUM DS, VANCOUVER JB, HENRY RC, REINHART MA, GREENBAUM RB, DEAN HA, MAYLE JE: Psychosocial factors are associated with health care-seeking rather than diagnosis in irritable bowel syndrome. Gastroenterology 1990; 98:293-301.
#MERKEL WT, MARGOLIS RB, SMITH RC: Teaching humanistic and psychosocial aspects of care: current practices and attitudes. J Gen Intern Med 1990; 5:34-41.
#SMITH RC, GREENBAUM DS, VANCOUVER JB, HENRY RC, REINHART MA, GREENBAUM RB, DEAN HA, MAYLE JE: Gender differences in Manning criteria in the irritable bowel syndrome. Gastroenterology 1991; 100:591-595.
#SMITH RC, OSBORN G, HOPPE RB, LYLES JS, VAN EGEREN L, HENRY R, SEGO D, ALGUIRE P, STOFFELMAYR B: Efficacy of a one month training block in psychosocial medicine for interns–a controlled study. J Gen Intern Med 1991; 6:535-543.
SMITH RC, GOUIN PR, MINKLEY P, LYLES J, VAN EGEREN L, ADAMS T, SHAFFER D, HULCE V: Periodic limb movement disorder is associated with normal motor conduction latencies when studied by central magnetic stimulation — successful use of a new technique. Sleep 1992; 15:312-318.
#SMITH RC, MARSHALL AA, COHEN-COLE SA: The efficacy of intensive biopsychosocial teaching programs for residents: a review of the literature and guidelines for teaching. J Gen Intern Med 1994; 9:390-396.
WALTERS AS, ALDRICH MS, ALLEN R, ANCOLI-ISRAEL S, BUCHHOLZ D, CHOKROVERTY S, COCCAGNA G, EARLEY C, EHRENBERG B, FEEST TG, HENING W, KAVEY N, LAVIGNE G, LIPINSKI J, LUGARESI E, MONTAGNA P, MONTPLAISIR J, MOSKO SS, OERTEL W, PICCHIETTI D, POLLMACHER T, SHAFOR R, SMITH RC, TELSTAD W, TRENKWALKER C, VON SCHEELE C, WARE JC,ZUCCONI M: Toward a better definition of the restless legs syndrome. Movement Disorders 1995; 10:634-642.
#SMITH RC, METTLER J, STOFFELMAYR B, LYLES JS, MARSHALL A, VAN EGEREN L, OSBORN GG, SHEBROE V: Improving residents’ confidence in using psychosocial skills. J Gen Intern Med 1995; 10:315-320.
#SMITH RC, LYLES JS, METTLER J, VAN EGEREN L, STOFFELMAYR B, MARSHALL A, OSBORN GG, SHEBROE V: A strategy for improving patient satisfaction by the intensive training of residents in psychosocial medicine: a controlled, randomized study. Acad Med 1995; 70:729-732.
#SMITH RC, LYLES JS, METTLER J, STOFFELMAYR BE, VAN EGEREN LF, MARSHALL AA, GARDINER JC, MADUSCHKE KM, STANLEY JM, OSBORN GG, SHEBROE V, GREENBAUM RB. The effectiveness of an intensive teaching experience for residents in interviewing: a randomized controlled study. Ann Intern Med 1998; 128:118-126.
#SMITH RC, MARSHALL AA, LYLES JS, FRANKEL RM: Teaching self-awareness enhances learning about interviewing. Acad Med 1999; 74:1242-1248.
#SMITH RC, MARSHALL AA, OSBORN GG, SHEBROE V, LYLES JS, STOFFLMAYR BE, VAN EGEREN LF, METTLER J, MADUSCHKE K, STANLEY J., GARDINER JC: Evidence-based guidelines for teaching patient-centered interviewing. Patient Education and Counseling 2000; 39:27-36.
SMITH RC, GARDINER JC, ARMATTI S, JOHNSON M, LYLES JS, GIVEN CW, LEIN C, GIVEN B, GODDEERIS J, KORBAN E, HADDAD R, KANJ M: Screening for high utilizing somatizing patients using a prediction rule derived from the management information system of an HMO – a preliminary study; Medical Care 2001; 39:968-978.
#SMITH RC, GARDINER JC, LYLES JS, JOHNSON M, ROST KM, LUO Z, GODDEERIS J, LEIN C, GIVEN CW, GIVEN B, DWAMENA F, COLLINS C, VAN EGEREN LF, KORBAN E, KANJ M, HADDAD R: Minor acute illness — a preliminary research report of the ‘worried well.’ J Fam Pract 2002; 51:24-29.
WALTERS AS, HENING W, ALLEN R, ROSEN R, HIRSCH L, LEBROCQ C, DHAR A, SMITH R, et al.: Validation of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group Rating Scale for restless legs syndrome. Sleep Medicine 2003; 4:121-132.
#*LYLES JS, HODGES A, COLLINS C, LEIN C, GIVEN CW, BIVEN B, D’MELLO D, OSBORN GT, GODDEERIS J, GARDINER JC, SMITH RC: Using nurse practitioners to implement an intervention in primary care for high-utilizing patients with medically unexplained symptoms. Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 2003; 25:63-73.
*LEIN C, COLLINS C, LYLES JS, HILLMAN D, SMITH RC: Building research relationships with managed care organizations: issues and strategies. Families, Systems, and Health, 2003; 21:205-214.
#SMITH RC, KORBAN E, KANJ M, HADDAD R, LEIN C, GARDINER JC, LYLES JS, HODGES A, DWAMENA FC, COFFEY J, COLLINS C: A method for rating charts to identify and classify patients with medically unexplained symptoms. Psychother Psychosom, 2003; 73:36-42.
#SMITH RC, GARDINER JC, LYLES JS, SIRBU C, DWAMENA FC, HODGES A, COLLINS C, LEIN C, GIVEN CW, GIVEN B, GODDEERIS J. Exploration of DSM-IV criteria in primary care patients with medically unexplained symptoms. Psychosom Med, 2005;67:123-129.
#SMITH RC, LYLES JS, GARDINER JC, SIRBU C, HODGES A, COLLINS C, DWAMENA FC, LEIN C, GIVEN CW, GIVEN B, GODDEERIS J. Primary care clinicians treat patients with medically unexplained symptoms – a randomized controlled trial. J Gen Intern Med, 2006;21:671-677.
ROST K, DICKINSON M, DICKINSON P, SMITH RC. Multisomatoform Disorder: agreement between patient and physician report of criterion symptom explanation. CNS Spectrums, 2006 May;11(5):383-388.
#*LUO Z, GODDEERIS J, GARDINER JC, LYLES J, SMITH RC: Costs of an intervention for primary care patients with medically unexplained symptoms – a randomized controlled trial. Psychiatric Services, 2007;58:1079-1086.
*HATEM DS, BARRETT SV, HEWSON M, STEELE D, PURWONO U, SMITH RC: Teaching the medical interview: measuring outcomes in a faculty development course. J. Gen, Intern. Med.; 2007; 22:1718-1724.
SMITH RC, GARDINER JC, LUO Z, ROST K: The diagnostic accuracy of predicting somatization from patients’ ICD-9 diagnoses. Psychosom Med, 2009; 71:366-371.
#SMITH RC, GARDINER JC, LUO Z, SCHOOLEY S, LAMERATO L, ROST K: Primary care physicians treat somatization. J Gen Intern Med, 2009; 24: 829-832.
#*DWAMENA FC, LYLES JS, FRANKEL RM, SMITH RC: In their own words: a qualitative study of high-utilizing primary care patients with medically unexplained symptoms; BMC Family Practice, 2009; 10:67 (12 pages); http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/10/67 (last accessed 10/6/10)
SMITH RC, FRANK C, GARDINER JC, LAMERATO L, ROST KM: Pilot Study of a Preliminary Criterion Standard for Prescription Opioid Misuse. American Journal on Addictions, 2010; 19:523-528; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20958848
#SMITH RC, DWAMENA FC, GROVER M, COFFEY J, FRANKEL RM: Behaviorally-Defined Patient-Centered Communication – a Narrative Review of the Literature. J Gen Intern Med; 2010; 26:185-191.
*LAIRD-FICK H, DWAMENA FC, RAWSTHORNE LL, JODOIN C, ALEXANDER K, BANKER T, SOLOMON D, GOURINENI N, FRANKEL RM, ALOKA F, SMITH RC: Training Residents and Nurses to Work as a Patient-Centered Care Team on a Medical Ward. Patient Education and Counseling; 2011; 84:90-97.
*HESSON A, SARINOUPOULOS S, FRANKEL R, SMITH RC: A Linguistic Study of Patient-Centered Interviewing: Emergent Interactional Effects. Patient Education and Counseling, 2012; 88: 373-380.
*SARINOPOULOS S, HESSON AM, GORDON C, LEE SA, WANG L, DWAMENA F, SMITH RC: Patient-Centered Interviewing is Associated with Decreased Responses to Painful Stimuli: An Initial fMRI Study, Patient Education and Counseling; 2013: 90: 220-225.
#DWAMENA F, HOLMES-ROVNER M, GAULDEN CM, JORGENSON S, SADIGH G, SIKORSKI A, LEWIN S, SMITH RC, COFFEY J, OLOMU A. Interventions for providers to promote a patient-centered approach in clinical consultations (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 12. Art. Number: CD003267.DOI: 10.1002/14651868.CD003267.pub2, Consumers and Communications Group, Cochrane Review ID: 428499091010040363. 2013. http://bpsmedicine.msu.edu/pdf/a-Interventions%20for%20providers%20to%20promote%20a%20patient-centered.pdf
#SMITH RC, LAIRD-FICK H, D’MELLO D, DWAMENA FC, ROMAIN A, OLSON J, KENT K, BLACKMAN K, SOLOMON D, SPOOLSTRA M, FORTIN VI A, FREY J, FERENCHICK G, FRANKEL R: Addressing Mental Health Issues in Primary Care: An Initial Curriculum for Residents, Patient Education and Counseling. 2014; 94:33-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2013.09.010
*DWAMENA FC, LAIRD-FICK H, FREILICH L, D’MELLO D, FREY J, DASARI A, GRAYSON-SNEED K, SOLOMON D, SMITH RC: Behavioral Health Problems in Medical Patients, J Clin Outcomes Management. 2014; 21:497-505.
*GRAYSON-SNEED K, DWAMENA FC, SMITH S, LAIRD-FICK H, FREILICH L, SMITH RC: A Questionnaire Identifying Four Key Components of Patient Satisfaction With Physician Communication, Patient Education and Counseling, 2016; 99:1054-1061. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2016.01.002
*GRAYSON-SNEED K, SMITH S, SMITH RC: A Research Coding Method for the Basic Patient-Centered Interview, Patient Education and Counseling, 2016; 100:581-525.
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*GRAYSON-SNEED K, SMITH RC, et al.: A Research Coding Method to Evaluate Clinicians’ Skills in Promoting Smoking Cessation, Patient Education and Counseling, 2017;101:541-545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2017.09.010
*GRAYSON-SNEED K, SMITH RC, et al.: A Research Coding Method for Behavioral Healthcare Treatment, Patient Education and Counselling, 2017:101:743-749. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1Wo2g_GoWnjNs1
SMITH RC, LAIRD-FICK H, DWAMENA FC, FREILICH L, MAVIS B, GRAYSON-SNEED K, D’MELLO D, SPOOLSTRA M, SOLOMON D: Teaching Residents Mental Health Care, Patient Education and Counselling, 2018; 101:2145-2155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2018.07.023
#PACE-SCHOTT EF, AMOLE M, AUE T, BALCONI M, BYLSMA LM, CRITCHLEY H, DEMAREE HA, FRIEDMAN BH, GOODING AEK, GOSSERIES O, JOVANOVIC T, KIRBY LAJ, KOZLOWSKA K, LAUREYS S, LOWE L, MAGEE K, MARIN M-F, MERNER A, ROBINSON JL, SMITH RC, SPANGLER D, VAN OVERVELD M, VANELZAKKER MB. Physiological Feelings. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews; 2019;103:267-304; Physiological feelings (sciencedirectassets.com)
*KHAN NNS, OLOMU AB, BOTTU S, ROLLER M, SMITH RC: Semi-Structured Motivational Interviews of Patients and Caregivers to Improve CPAP Adherence Program (I-CAP Study): a Qualitative Analysis. J Clin Sleep Med; 2020; 15:1721-1730; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31855157
*FREILICH L, LYLES J, SHARMA M, KAVUTURU S, LAIRD-FICK H, GRAYSON-SNEED K, SMITH RC: A Curriculum for Training Medical Faculty to Teach Mental Health Care—And Their Responses to the Learning. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management. 2020, 27: 166-173. https://www.mdedge.com/jcomjournal/article/226185/mental-health/curriculum-training-medical-faculty-teach-mental-health
*WALLING B, SMITH S, GRAYSON-SNEED K, SMITH RC: The Relationship Between the Timing of a Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, Duration of Training, and Levels of Self-Efficacy with Patient-Centered Interviewing Skills. Communication Studies. 2020, 72:86-99 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10510974.2020.1819841
*LUO Z, GARDINER J, SMITH RC: Costs of a Train-the-Trainer Program to Teach Primary Care Faculty Mental Health Care. Medical Care. 2021, 59:970-974; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34334738
#SCHILLER D, LOWE L; ALIA-KLEIN N, BECKER S, CROMWELL H, DOLCOS F, ESLINGER P, FREWEN P, KEMP A, PACE-SCHOTT E, RABER J, SILTON R, STEFANOVA E, WILLIAMS J; ABE N, AGHAJANI M, ALBRECHT F, ALEXANDER R, AMOLE M, ANDERS S, ANDREA,W, ARAGON O, ARIAS J, ARZY S, AUE T, BAEZ S, BALCONI M, BALLARINI T, BANNISTER S, BARRETT K, BELZUNG C, BENSAFI M, BEZEK J, BOOIJ L, BOOKWALA J, BOULANGER-BERTOLUS J, BOUTROS S, BRASCHER A, BROWN C, BRUNA A, BUSATTO G, BYLSMA L, CALDWELL-HARRIS C, CHAN R, CHERBUIN N, CHIARELLA J, CIPRESSO P, CRITCHLEY H, CROOTE D, DE OLIVEIRA-SOUZA R, DEMAREE H, DENSON T, DEPUE B, DERNTL B, DICKSON J, DOLCOS S, DUBLJEVIC O, EEROLA T, ELLINGSEN, D, FAIRFIELD B, FEHERTOI N, FERDENZI C, FRIEDMAN B, FU C, GAN G, GATT J, GELDER B, GENDOLLA G, GILAM G, GOODING A, GOSSERIES O, HAAS H, HAMM A, HANSON J, HANDLER T, HERBERT C, HOFMANN S, HUGGINS C, IBANEZ A, JOFFILY M, JOVANOVIC T, KARRILAS I, KANGAS M, KATSUMI Y, KENSINGER E, KIRBY L, KONCZ R, KOSTER E, KOZLOWSKA K, KRACH S, KRET M, KRIPPL M, KUSI-MENSAH K, LADOUCEUR C, LAUREYS S, LAWRENCE A, LI C, LIDDELL B, LIDHAR N, LOEFFLER L, LOWRY C, MAGEE K, MARIN M, MARIOTTI V, MARTIN L, MARUSAK H, MAYER A, MERNER A, MINNIER J, MOLL J, MORRISON R, MOORE M, MOULY A, MUELLER S, MUHLERGER A, MURPHY N, MUSCATELLO M, MUSSER E, NEWTON , NOLL-HUSSONG M, NORRHOLM S, NORTHOFF G, NUSSLOCK R, OKON-SINGER H, OLINO T, ORTNER C, OWOLABI M, PADULO C, PALANIYAPPAN L, PALERMO R, PALUMBO R, PALUMBO S, PAPADELIS C, PEGNA A, PELLEGRINI S, PELTONEN K, PENNINX B, PERTRINI P, PINNA G, PINTOS LOBO R, POLNASZEK K, POLYAK OVA M, RABINAK C, RICHTER S, RICHTER T, RIVA G, RIZZO A, ROBINSON J, ROSA P, SACHDEV P, SATO W, SCHROETER M, SCHWEIZER S, SHIBAN Y, SIDDHARTHAN A, SMITH R, SOREQ H, SPANGLER D, STERN E, SSTYLIADIS C, SULLIVAN G, SWAIN J, URBEN S, VAN DEN STOCK J, VAN DER KOOIJ M, VAN OVERVELD M, VAN RHEENEN T, VANELZAKKER M, VENTURA-BORT C, VERONA E, VOLK T, WANG Y, WEINGAST L, WEYMAR M, WILLIAMS C, WILLIS M, YAMASHITA P, YU A, ZAHAVY A, ZAHN R, ZUPAN B. The Human Affectome. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 2024, 158 (2024) 105450; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763423004190?via%3Dihub
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FORTIN AH VI, DWAMENA FC, LEPISTO B, SMITH RC: Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-based Method, 5th edition, McGraw-Hill, publisher.
FORTIN AH VI, DWAMENA FC, SMITH RC: Teaching Supplement for Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method, 5th edition. McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
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