
Elliott Burton Martin Jr. MD MA
Addiction, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine
Director of Medical Psychiatry, Mass General Brigham at Newton-Wellesley Hospital; Consulting Psychiatrist, Judge Rotenberg Educational and Vocational Center; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine; Committee for Public Counsel Services Forensics Psychiatrist
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Department of Psychiatry2014 Washington StreetNewton, MA 02462
Phone+1 617-243-6652
Fax+1 617-243-6486
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Summary
- Elliott B. Martin Jr., MD, MA, is a psychiatrist based in Newton, MA, specializing in psychosomatic medicine, addiction, child and adolescent psychiatry, and forensics psychiatry. Dr. Martin is the Director of Medical Psychiatry at Mass General Brigham at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, MA. Dr. Martin is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine. He has served as a guest faculty member at the Institute for Professionalism and Ethical Practice, Boston Children's Hospital. He has published numerous journal articles and several books, including his latest, "Reconceptualizing Mental Illness in the Viral Age: Souls in the Machine," in 2024.
Education & Training
- Boston Children’s HospitalFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012 - 2014
- Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 2010 - 2013
- University of Connecticut School of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 2009 - 2010
- Saba University School of MedicineClass of 2009
- UCLAMA, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, 2004
Certifications & Licensure
- MA State Medical License 2012 - 2027
- NY State Medical License 2024 - 2026
- CT State Medical License 2011 - 2012
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 16 citationsClinicians’ strategies for managing their emotions during difficult healthcare conversationsDonna Luff, Elliott B. Martin, Kelsey Mills, Natalia M. Mazzola, Sigall K. Bell
Patient Education and Counseling. 2016-09-01 - 34 citationsClinicians' recognition and management of emotions during difficult healthcare conversationsElliott B. Martin, Natalia M. Mazzola, Jessica Brandano, Donna Luff, David Zurakowski
Patient Education and Counseling. 2015-10-01 - 10 citationsThe six most essential questions in psychiatric diagnosis: a pluralogue. Part 4: general conclusionJames Phillips, Allen Frances, Michael A. Cerullo, John Chardavoyne, Hannah S. Decker
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine. 2012-12-18
Journal Articles
- The Existential Fallout of COVID-19Elliott B. Martin, Jr., Psychiatric Times, 3/8/2021
- "Is It Time to Do Away with Psychiatry?"Elliott B. Martin, Jr., Psychiatric Times, 9/23/2020
- Delirium, Encephalopathy, and COVID-19: An Update from the FieldElliott B. Martin, Jr., Psychiatric Times, 9/8/2020
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- How Clinicians' Emotions Affect The Care They Provide To Patients And FamiliesNatalia Mazzola, Elliott B. Martin, Jr., et. al, 14th International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, University Convention Center Heidelberg, 9/2016
- How do clinicians manage emotions during difficult healthcare conversations? Implications for trainingDonna Luff, Elliott B. Martin, Jr., et. al., 2016 International Conference on Physician Health (ICPH), Boston, MA, 9/2016
- Interprofessional Clinicians' Strategies for Managing Emotions during Difficult Health Care ConversationsElliott B. Martin, Jr., MD, et. al., International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, New Orleans, 10/2015
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Lectures
- Introduction to Child and Adolescent PsychiatrySimmons College, School of Social Work - 4/2016
- At Home in the ED: When a Child Can’t Go Home and Can’t Find a BedNewton-Wellesley Hospital, Schwartz Rounds - 5/2015
- Psychopharmacology for Social Workers: A PrimerSimmond College School of Social Work - 11/2014
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Other
- Colleges Are Not Cut Out to Prevent Student SuicidesElliott B. Martin, Jr., MD, Boston Globe
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/letters/2018/05/12/colleges-are-not-cut-out-prevent-student-suicides/EI8oOkrAxgBVNFOZn2Rn0K/story.html
Metro/Letters - 5/13/2018 - From ‘Mighty Opium’ To Moral Crisis: Addiction as Cultural Cachet and Cautionary TaleElliott B. Martin, Jr., MD, WBUR’s Cognoscenti
http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2015/11/30/opiate-addiction-elliott-b-martin-jr.
11/2015 - Outpouring on Beloved Prouty Garden Continues: Traumatized Kids Need ItElliott B. Martin, Jr., MD, WBUR’s CommonHealth: Reform and Reality
http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2015/04/prouty-garden-traumatized-kids
4/2015
Authored Content
- My First Human Contact in 7 WeeksMay 2020
- My First Human Contact in 7 WeeksMay 2020
- Psychiatrists Shouldn't Be Used as a Threat to PatientsJuly 2019
- Psychiatrists Shouldn't Be Used as a Threat to PatientsJuly 2019
- Is the 'Happy Pill' Solving or Creating a Problem?May 2019
- Is the 'Happy Pill' Solving or Creating a Problem?May 2019
- Libby Zion's Death Changed Hospital Schedules, and Not for the BetterApril 2019
- Libby Zion's Death Changed Hospital Schedules, and Not for the BetterApril 2019
- Psychiatry Will Always Be Needed for the 'Hopeless' CasesMarch 2019
- Psychiatry Will Always Be Needed for the 'Hopeless' CasesMarch 2019
- We Are Trained to Be Doctors, Not Corporate CogsFebruary 2019
- We Are Trained to Be Doctors, Not Corporate CogsFebruary 2019
- A Conversion Therapy ConundrumJanuary 2019
- A Conversion Therapy ConundrumJanuary 2019
- My Medical School Experience in One WordDecember 2018
- My Medical School Experience in One WordDecember 2018
- “Trauma Therapy” Is Alive and Well in the Era of #MeTooOctober 2018
- “Trauma Therapy” Is Alive and Well in the Era of #MeTooOctober 2018
- It’s Time to Do Away with the Goldwater RuleSeptember 2018
- It’s Time to Do Away with the Goldwater RuleSeptember 2018
- The Myth of Mental Health Parity: A Case StudyAugust 2018
- The Myth of Mental Health Parity: A Case StudyAugust 2018
- Teaching Moments in PsychiatryJuly 2018
- Teaching Moments in PsychiatryJuly 2018
- Teaching Moments in Psychiatry7/10/2018
- Teaching Moments in PsychiatryJuly 2018
- Teaching Moments in PsychiatryJuly 2018
- Teaching Moments in PsychiatryJuly 2018
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Press Mentions
- My First Human Contact in 7 WeeksMay 8th, 2020
- Elliott Martin: The Healing Garden Lost to Corporate HealthcareApril 22nd, 2020
- How to Fix Prior Authorization: Open Insurance Companies to Malpractice SuitsAugust 20th, 2018
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