About me
Dionne Smith Coker-Appiah, PhD, MAED, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry. She is affiliated with the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and provides clinical care for adolescents and emerging adults. Dr. Coker-Appiah has also engaged in a focused program of research that has focused on Rural Adolescent Dating Violence Prevention and Rural Adolescent Mental Health. Her research program has enabled her to build a comprehensive, domestic and international, Adolescent Dating Violence (ADV) Prevention research program, utilizing community-based participatory research approaches. More specifically, her research program is designed to: (a) prevent ADV and the associated health implications (mental, sexual, physical) among rural African Americans and international youth of Color, (b) build effective and sustainable community partnerships that build community capacity to address these issues, and (c) design culturally and geographically appropriate ADV prevention interventions. She directs the Adolescent Dating Violence Prevention Laboratory, which, in addition to conducting research, provides training and mentoring to numerous students (undergraduate, graduate, medical) and fellows. Her research has been funded by both federal and non-federal grants. Dr. Coker-Appiah’s most recent research has focused on building community partnerships to promote mental health and prevent ADV in rural North Carolina (Project LOVE) and Ghana, West Africa (GEAR UP-Ghana). She is also currently exploring, from an intergenerational and key stakeholder perspective, knowledge, perceptions and beliefs about mental health in rural communities (Minding Our Business). Dr. Coker-Appiah has dedicated her career to engaging in innovative research designed to prevent ADV and promote the mental health of youth in rural communities of Color. She is passionate about using her clinical skills and research and prevention efforts to ensure that all adolescents are mentally healthy and able to live healthy, violence-free lives.
Clinical areas of focus
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Treatment
- Bipolar Disorder
- Existential Group Therapy
- Fertility Counseling
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Pain Medication Management
- Parent Management Training
- Play Therapy
- Psychosis
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Suicidal Thought
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder With Anxiety
- Adjustment Disorder With Mixed Anxiety And Depressed Mood
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Agoraphobia
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Anxiety
- Appearance And Behavior Symptoms
- Asperger Syndrome
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Conduct Disorders
- Depressive Episode
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disorders
- Emotional State Symptoms
- Emotional State Symptoms (MOOD SWINGS)
- Irritability
- Manic Episode
- Memory Loss
- Mental Health Conditions
- Personal Risk Factors
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Postpartum Depression
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
- Problems Related To Primary Support Group
- Psychosis
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Selective Mutism
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Specific Phobia
- Suicidal Thought
- Tic Disorder
- Tourette Syndrome
- Trauma And Stress Disorders
- Trichotillomania
Procedures I perform
- Adjustment Disorder Treatment
- Alcohol Abuse Counseling
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Anxiety Management
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Treatment
- Behavioral Activation
- Behavioral Modification
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Child Development Guidance
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Depression Treatment
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Existential Group Therapy
- Exposure And Response Prevention
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Fertility Counseling
- Graston Technique
- Grief Counseling
- Group Psychotherapy
- Group Therapy
- Health Promotion Counseling
- I-131 Therapy
- Infusion Therapy
- Menstrual Education
- Mental Health Assessment
- Mental Status Exam
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Motivational Interviewing
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Treatment
- Pain Medication Management
- Parent Management Training
- Personality Disorder Treatment
- Pharmacological Treatment Of Hypertension
- Play Therapy
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Screening
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychotherapy
- Schizophrenia Treatment
- Social Skills Training
- Stress Reduction
- Suicidal Ideation Treatment
- Suicide Intervention
- Women's Mental Health Treatment
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- IH-EPO Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- TRICARE East Prime
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CIGNA PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Medicare FFS
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- TRICARE for Life East
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Navigate
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Choice POS II Open Access
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Network OA
- Sentara Health
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Student Resources
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- HighMark
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CareFirst Administrators
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Optimum Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- POS OA
- Aetna Basic
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna HMO
- Choice POS
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Blue Choice Advantage
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst EPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- IH-POS
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- OA Plus
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- UHC Passport
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Choice Fund PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
Education
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health (2013)
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2006)
Graduate: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (2004)
Internship: Ohio State University - College of Medicine (2004)