Redefining International Mental Health Care in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic, in MENTAL HEALTH, LEGAL CAPACITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS 29 (Michael Ashley Stein et. al. eds., 2021) (with Julie Hannah & Dainius Puras).
Journal Articles
Prevention Beyond Deterrence, 75 Emory L. J. 353 (2026).
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Prescribing Buprenorphine By Telehealth: Lessons From San Francisco Amidst A Changing Regulatory Landscape, Health Affairs Forefront (Mar. 4, 2025), https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20250227.898365/full/ (with Jeffrey K. Hom, Hillary Kunins, Leslie W. Suen, Donna Hilliard, Sneha Patil & Christine Soran) (middle author).
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Improving the Transparency of Legal Measurement in Health Policy Evaluation—A Guide for Researchers, Reviewers, and Editors, 6 JAMA Health Forum 1 (2025), https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2831204 [https://perma.cc/N4P4-778A] (with Alina Schnake-Mahl, Cason D. Schmit & Scott Burris) (first author).
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Medicaid Cuts Could Especially Harm Persons Needing Home-Based Supports, 333 JAMA 1767 (2025), https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2832150 (with Michael Ashley Stein & Lisa I. Iezzoni) (first author).
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Characteristics of ACO-Affiliated Organizations Offering Methadone to Patients with Opioid Use Disorder, 3 Health Affairs Scholar 1 (Apr. 9, 2025), https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxaf074 (with Maia Crawford, Haiden A. Huskamp, Mary F. Brunette & Ellen Meara) (middle author).
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Reducing Disparities Through Online Accessibility Information, 5 JAMA Health Forum 1 (Aug. 2, 2024), https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2821684 (with Michael Ashley Stein & Lisa I. Iezzoni) (first author).
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Access to Care and Outcomes With the Affordable Care Act for Persons With Criminal Legal Involvement, 5 JAMA Health Forum 1 (Aug. 23, 2024), https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2822683 (with James René Jolin, Carrie G. Wade & Meredith B. Rosenthal) (first author).
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Disability, Race, and Health Beyond the Carceral State, 122 Mich. L. Rev. 1261 (2024) (with Craig Konnoth & Michael A. Stein).
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Law Enforcement Interventionism as Determinant of Decision-Making Among Resuscitated Opioid Users, 24 Am. J. Bioethics 40 (2024).
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Psychiatric Restraint Use as Carceral State Practice, 75 Psych. Servs. 307 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.24075006 (with Morgan C. Shields).
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Internet Drug Prohibition and the Opioid Overdose Crisis, 99 Wash. L. Rev. 361 (2024).
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State Policies Could Impede New Efforts to Increase Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder, 4 JAMA Health Forum 1 (Mar. 31, 2023), https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2803071 (with Ateev Mehrotra & Haiden A. Huskamp) (first author).
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Expiration of State Licensure Waivers and Out-of-State Telemedicine Relationships, 6 JAMA Network Open 1 (Nov. 15, 2023), https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/article-abstract/2811875 (with Eric Bressman, Rachel M. Werner, Daniel Cullen, Benjamin Ukert, Jennifer L. Kowalski & Ateev Mehrotra) (middle author).
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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Neuroscience, and Criminal Legal Capacity, 10 J.L. & Biosciences 1 (2023) (with Michael Ashley Stein).
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Benjamin Barsky et al., Rates of Opioid Overdose Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Individuals Released From Prison, 4 JAMA Health Forum 1 (December 21, 2023), https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2812752.
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Improving Labor Outcomes among People with Mild or Moderate Mental Illness through Law and Policy Reform, 51 J.L. Med. & Ethics 355 (2023) (with Richard G. Frank & Sherry A. Glied).
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Dual Federalism, Constitutional Openings, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 24 U. Pa. J. Const. L. 345 (2022).
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Disability Accommodations at Sentencing to Divert Persons with Mental Illness away from Prison, 37 Crim. Just. 22 (2022) (with Harold J. Bursztajn & Michael Ashley Stein).
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Use of Telemedicine for Buprenorphine Inductions in Patients With Commercial Insurance or Medicare Advantage, 5 JAMA Network Open 1 (Jan. 6, 2022), https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/article-abstract/2787656 (with Alisa A. Busch, Sadiq Y. Patel, Ateev Mehrotra & Haiden A. Huskamp) (first author).
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Patient and Clinician Characteristics Associated with Use of Telemedicine for Buprenorphine Induction Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 37 J. Gen. Intern. Med. 3758 (2022) (with Sadiq Y. Patel, Esteban G. Ortiz, Haiden A. Huskamp, Alisa B. Busch & Ateev Mehrotra).
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Ending Restrictive Housing in Prisons for People with Mental Disorders, 73 Psych. Servs. 463 (2022), https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/epdf/10.1176/appi.ps.202100707.
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Vaccination plus Decarceration — Stopping Covid-19 in Jails and Prisons, 384 New Eng. J. Med. 1583 (2021) (with Eric Reinhart, Paul Farmer & Salmaan Keshavjee).
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COVID-19, Decarceration, And Bending The Arc Of Justice—The Promise Of Medical-Legal Partnerships, Health Affairs Blog (May 28, 2021), https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20210521.999861/full/ (with Sunny Y. Kung & Monik C. Jiménez).
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Expanding Therapeutic Jurisprudence Across the Federal Judiciary, 49 J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry & L. 96 (2021) (with Heather Ellis Cucolo & Dominic Sisti).
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Newspaper & Magazine Articles
The Potential Consequences of the Smoke-Free Public Housing Rule, THE REGULATORY REVIEW, (June 12, 2019), https://www.theregreview.org/2019/06/12/barsky-potential-consequences-smoke-free-public-housing-rule/.
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The Problem of Health Information Inequity, THE REGULATORY REVIEW (July 4, 2019), https://www.theregreview.org/2019/07/04/barsky-problem-health-information-inequity/.
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Reforming VA’s Response to Military Sexual Trauma, THE REGULATORY REVIEW (Aug. 29, 2019), https://www.theregreview.org/2019/08/29/barsky-reforming-va-response-to-military-sexual-trauma/.
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Addressing the Constitutionality of Federal Quarantine Rules, THE REGULATORY REVIEW (Apr. 16, 2019), https://www.theregreview.org/2019/04/16/barsky-constitutionality-federal-quarantine-rules/.
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The Need for Vaccine Regulation Overhaul, THE REGULATORY REVIEW (Aug. 15, 2019), https://www.theregreview.org/2019/08/15/barksy-need-vaccine-regulation-overhaul/.
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How FDA Drug Review Contributed to the Opioid Epidemic, THE REGULATORY REVIEW (Jan. 24, 2019), https://www.theregreview.org/2019/01/24/barsky-fda-drug-review-opioid-epidemic/.
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Making Law Student Mental Health a Priority, THE REGULATORY REVIEW (May 15, 2019), https://www.theregreview.org/2019/05/15/barsky-ruger-making-law-student-mental-health-priority/ (with Theodore W. Ruger).
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Regulatory Collaboration Is Key to Public Health Success, THE REGULATORY REVIEW (Oct. 26, 2018), https://www.theregreview.org/2018/10/26/barsky-regulatory-collaboration-public-health-success/.
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How Regulation Can Improve Surgery, THE REGULATORY REVIEW (Aug. 22, 2018), https://www.theregreview.org/2018/08/22/barsky-how-regulation-can-improve-surgery/.
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Regulating the Antibiotic Resistance Crisis, THE REGULATORY REVIEW (June 12, 2018), https://www.theregreview.org/2018/06/12/barsky-regulating-antibiotic-resistance/.
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Improving Federal Regulation of Medical Algorithms, THE REGULATORY REVIEW (July 4, 2018), https://www.theregreview.org/2018/07/04/barsky-improving-federal-regulation-medical-algorithms/.
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How to Better Regulate Payments to Research Participants, THE REGULATORY REVIEW (Sept. 28, 2018), https://www.theregreview.org/2018/09/28/barsky-regulate-research-payments/.
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Curbing Prescription Opioid Abuse Through Insurance Regulation, THE REGULATORY REVIEW (Oct. 25, 2017), https://www.theregreview.org/2017/10/25/barsky-opioid-abuse-insurance-regulation/.
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Blog Posts
Expanding Health Insurance for Formerly Incarcerated People, THE COMMONWEALTH FUND BLOG (Jan. 29, 2025), https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2025/expanding-health-insurance-formerly-incarcerated-people [https://perma.cc/X8QJ-7XNU] (with James René Jolin & Meredith B. Rosenthal).
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Community Integration of People with Disabilities a Quarter Century After Olmstead v. L.C., HARV. L. REV. BLOG (Jan. 8, 2025), https://harvardlawreview.org/blog/2025/01/community-integration-of-people-with-disabilities-a-quarter-century-after-olmstead-v-l-c/ [https://perma.cc/ZW3T-YEPK] (with Michael Ashley Stein & Lisa I. Iezzoni).
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