Category Archives: Miscellaneous
ICE Detention Facilities are Routinely Utilizing Solitary Confinement: Today is a Major Day for Human Rights
Federal whistleblower Ellen Gallagher has been decrying the use of solitary confinement on individuals in immigration detention for a decade, but little has changed to date despite her beyond courageous efforts. Today, a report, found here, co-authored by Katherine Peeler … Continue reading
The Mirror article: Mystery over nitrogen execution death with fears it’ll be ‘incredibly painful’
From the article, which you can find here: “Professor J Wesley Boyd works as part of the faculty at the Center for Bioethics and is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He spoke to The Mirror about … Continue reading
Baylor College of Medicine student Amelia Mercado and I appeared on this STAT First Opinion podcast with Torie Bosch
Giving Immigrants and Asylum Seekers a Voice for Human Rights
Baylor College of Medicine has a podcast called Resonance in which I was recently a guest. Their description of the show is: “Dr. Wesley Boyd will share the milestones in his career that have accumulated into his current work in … Continue reading
Lecture on Medical Ethics for Forethought India
Sayonara Facebook and Twitter
After saving all of my photos–ironically, seeing vacation photos was why I joined many years ago–I left Facebook roughly a month ago. Several years ago during a visit in Nashville, my former teacher Larry Churchill was decrying so many of … Continue reading
KCRW: Life Examined: In search of a (good) therapist: Insurance, fit, and stigma
I’m delighted that KCRW: Life Examined public radio in LA devoted this segment to mental health care and honored to have been a guest on the show. You can find the broadcast here.
John Oliver on Mental Health Care
Monica Malowney and I have written about how absurdly difficult it is to access behavioral healthcare in the U.S. many times over the years. It’s so absurd that comedians keep quoting our research, including 2 of my absolute favorites Hasan … Continue reading
Letter in Boston Globe on why Accessing Mental Health treatment is so Difficult
You can find the full text of the letter here.
Extorting physicians: If doctors don’t pay up they don’t work
I’ve just published another piece on KevinMD about physician health program. You can find it here. I conclude the piece with the following: Change is overdue. Physicians who need help for mental health issues or substance use disorders need to … Continue reading