Author Archives: jwboyd
Can Trauma Trigger Violent Crime in Mentally Ill?
A piece in US News and World report about mental illness and violence: http://health.usnews.com/health-care/articles/2016-07-13/can-trauma-trigger-violent-crime-in-mentally-ill
BMJ highlights problems in physician health programs
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) recently printed a piece highlighting many of the problems with state Physician Health Programs (PHPs) that I have been writing about for several years. You can find the BMJ piece here: http://bit.ly/29dtSFC I am so … Continue reading
Only prescription is to remove insurers from the health care system–letter to the editor
I had a letter published in the Globe today: Re “How to provide Medicare for all” (Opinion, May 18): As Dr. Marcia Angell notes, the insurance industry profits by refusing to pay for needed care or else simply denying claims. … Continue reading
State Physician Health Programs: Where is the Science Behind Demanding Multi-Day Evaluations and Lengthy Treatment Stays?
I recently posted another slide presentation on QuantiaMD, this time about physician health programs entitled State Physician Health Programs: What You Need to Know. You can find it here. In the comment section following my presentation, one respondents writes the … Continue reading
Time Consuming Insurance Hurdles for Children and Adolescents in ERs who Need Psychiatric Hospitalization
A study that colleagues and I authored is being published online today in American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Here is the press release for the paper: A study published online on March 3 in American Journal of Emergency Medicine found … Continue reading
Marijuana Addiction Is Real, According to Scientists, But It’s Not the Same as Other Drugs
I didn’t know anything about this piece in Mic.com until a colleague at CHA pointed it out. The article makes the point that even though heavy users of marijuana don’t experience the dramatic withdrawal effects that heavy users of alcohol … Continue reading
When You Suspect a Colleague is Impaired
Just released piece on QuantiaMD about referring a colleague to a PHP. Find it here.
Ed Snowden/Glenn Greenwald
If the US actually supports our Constitutional right to free speech, then both of these individuals deserve an award from our country.
A Call for National Standards and Oversight of State Physician Health Program
My paper of the same title was just published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine. The title sums up the essence of the paper, namely that since other healthcare entities (such as hospitals and residency training programs) are subject to … Continue reading
Deciding Whether To Refer a Colleague to a Physician Health Program
I have a new piece out in the AMA Journal of Ethics about physician health programs. You can find it here.