Dr. Aiken founded Psych Partners to bring quality care to places in need. He has written two psychiatric textbooks and two self-help books, including The Depression and Bipolar Workbook (PESI).

He began his career as a research assistant at the National Institutes of Mental Health and went on to complete medical school at Yale and residency at Cornell and Duke Medical Centers.

He is the editor-in-chief of the Carlat Psychiatry Report, one of few psychiatric journals that operates free of industry funding. He teaches at Wake Forest and New York University Schools of Medicine.