Dr. Jon Wesley Boyd M.D., PH.D.
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
236 Highland Ave Somerville MA, 02143About
Dr. Jon Boyd is a psychiatrist practicing in Somerville, MA. Dr. Boyd is a medical doctor specializing in the care of mental health patients. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Boyd diagnoses and treats mental illnesses. Dr. Boyd may treat patients through a variety of methods including medications, psychotherapy or talk therapy, psychosocial interventions and more, depending on each individual case. Different medications that a psychiatrist might prescribe include antidepressants, antipsychotic mediations, mood stabilizers, stimulants, sedatives and hypnotics. Dr. Boyd treats conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, insomnia, ADD and other mental illnesses.
Education and Training
Univ of Nc At Chapel Hill Sch of Med, Chapel Hill Nc 1992
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Narrative aspects of a doctor-patient encounter.
- Lack of health coverage among US veterans from 1987 to 2004.
- Varenicline and smokers with mental illnesses.
- Insurance-industry investments in tobacco.
- Life and health insurance industry investments in fast food.
- US medical students' health insurance coverage for mental health and substance abuse treatment.
- Psychiatry in the Harvard Medical School-Cambridge Integrated Clerkship: an innovative, year-long program.
- Psychosomatic elaboration of distress.
- The evangelizing patient.
- Insurance prior authorization approval does not substantially lengthen the emergency department length of stay for patients with psychiatric conditions.
- Perfect storm: illness, stress, and culture in a foreign land.
- Deciding whether to refer a colleague to a physician health program.
- Force-feeding prisoners is wrong.
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