Author Archives: jwboyd
Doctors Pay up or Else Can’t Work
My latest on Psychology Today is here about the coercion and extortion many doctors face if they want to be able to continue practicing medicine.
PHPs and the ADA
Co-author Nicholas Lawson does it again with a letter in the Annals of Internal Medicine decrying the American College of Physicians position statement on physician impairment, which strikes us as flouting the Americans with Disabilities Act.
PBS Story on Lack of availability of Child Psychiatric Services
This PBS story is based on a paper just published that documents the geographical distribution of child psychiatrists in the US. Not surprisingly, they are located in urban areas with high levels of education and income. Colleagues and I had … Continue reading
Begging for Ukraine to Collude in Tampering with our Next Election . . .
The President’s personal lawyer, in essence, said “Hell yes!” about asking Ukraine to investigate Biden. How else to call such an act? https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2019/09/20/ukraine-center-intelligence-complaint/I2GAoxfabPn7nbgxKPw2TJ/story.html
Doctors and Nurses Addicted to Opioids Are Often Barred from the Most Effective Treatment
Kudos to Emma Yasinski for this piece about depriving healthcare workers of the most effective treatment for opioid dependence.
Do You Have An Addictive Personality? 3 Signs & When To Worry
Kudos to Jenni Gritters for this piece about addiction. One of the upshots is that if some drug, activity, or person causes you to jeopardize important elements of your life (such as employment or housing) then you just might be … Continue reading
The Latest Mass Shooting on Fox News
I’ve been watching the coverage of the El Paso mass shooting on Fox News for the last hour. To a person, everyone who spoke, including Texas’ Republican governor and Fox News hosts, showed real horror about what happened. It is … Continue reading
US Needs to Stop Torturing Children–Kudos to USA Today
Good for USA Today for this editorial–I was very surprised and gratified to see they’d quoted me about the lasting harmful effects of what our country is doing to children.
Child detention is creating a mental health crisis
Truly astonishing that our government is actively taking steps to make conditions as horrid as possible for immigrants who are fleeing death in their home countries. For the record, I have seen numerous individuals who only fled their home countries … Continue reading
Insurance Companies Will Make Money and You and Your Family are the Ones Paying the Price
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/having-health-insurance-doesn-t-mean-mental-health-care-access-ncna1026181