Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Mental Health Matters–Thinking about Stigma, Parity, and the Obstacles to Obtaining Needed Mental Health Care
Pat Lawrence interviews J. Wesley Boyd., M.D., Ph.D., a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School. They discuss the crisis in mental health care, focusing on difficulty in getting insurance coverage, substance abuse issues, and advances in treatment. The interview can be … Continue reading
Our Youth Deserve Better: We Fail Our Youth When They are Most at Risk for Drug and Mental Health Problems.
I co-authored this piece with Sarah Samuelson for Psychology Today. In the piece we write that transition-age youth (age 18-25) are at high risk for mental health, physical health, and substance use problems, yet they are falling through the cracks due to … Continue reading
Reflecting on Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons
This is the first of a handful of posts and commentaries that I will post arising out of the Prison Conference called “Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in US Prisons.” In it, Gali Katznelson nicely highlights some of the … Continue reading
The urgent need to recognize and value academic labor
Two Harvard professors share their thoughts on the latest from the US Republican Party’s tuition waiver tax plan. The post appears in Nature here: The urgent need to recognize and value academic labor
Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons
Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons November 30 – December 1, 2017 Harvard Medical School Campus, Boston, MA View Schedule The United States leads the world in incarceration. The “War on Drugs” and prioritizing punishment over rehabilitation … Continue reading
The Difficulties of Obtaining Needed Care if You have Medicaid
I was interviewed by a reporter from Kaiser Health News who wrote this excellent piece about the difficulties of obtaining needed mental health care for those with Medicaid:.
Vermont Governor is Deciding Whether to Sign on to Legalizing Marijuana
I am in favor of legalizing marijuana–and, in fact, all drugs–and was interviewed for this piece on Vermont Public Radio about my opinion on this issue. Would decriminalization lead to huge rates of drug abuse? I doubt it because of what happened … Continue reading
Search for mental health care for children is often fruitless
The Boston Globe reported our story on its front page this week. This study was conducted by colleagues at CHA and myself and required scores of hours to make the phone calls, tabulate our data, and then prepare the manuscript. … Continue reading
Is Torture Effective and Can It Be Justified?
Radio interview in Great Britain about torture with discussant Professor Jeffrey Addicott and myself. https://sputniknews.com/radio_level_talk/201702101050539412-is-torture-effective-can-it-be-justified/ Torture only serves to bring us down to the level of our worst, immoral enemies. It also goes against every international code of ethical conduct and … Continue reading