Author Archives: jwboyd
New piece in STAT: Health Care Organizations Screening for Depression Are Skipping a Critical Question
Many health care organizations send patients a digital PHQ-9 depression questionnaire in the days leading up to an appointment. However, some organizations deliberately remove the final question of the PHQ-9, which asks about suicide. When they omit the last question, … Continue reading
Bioethics in the Margins Podcast
Covered our recent paper in the American Journal of Bioethics — Empirical. The podcast is here. Super proud of our work and that 4 of my co-authors on this important paper are former students of mine.
Our Paper was Covered in the National Review
It’s critical of our findings–but not our methodology–and I’m fully supportive of vigorous debate. What an honor! https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/bioethics-is-becoming-just-another-social-justice-political-movement
Survey of North American Bioethicists’ Attitudes toward Social justice published in AJOB Empirical
Social Justice for Bioethicists This is a big piece that will have legs. Kudos to my 4 former students who are co-authors!
Reposting from the Guardian: “I’m a pediatrician in Texas. Things are dire and we need your support – not your condescension” by Seema Jilani
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/28/texas-pediatrician-support-healthcare
How we Think about Stories of Illness, How we Describe it, and Whose Description “Counts”
Impact of State Medical Licensure Exemptions and Telehealth Registries on College Students’ Access to Psychiatric Care
Super proud that Rachel Conrad, colleagues and I just published this piece in the APA journal Psychiatric Services. You can find it here: https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.20240225 The APA just issued this “Psychiatric News Alert” about our piece: Many psychiatrists in states with … Continue reading
The Mental Health Struggles of Veterinary Technicians
The emotional struggles veterinary technicians face are often hidden https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/almost-addicted/202501/the-mental-health-struggles-of-veterinary-technicians