Jacob M. Appel, MD, JD, MPH, HEC-C, DFAPA, FACLP

Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.

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Jacob M. Appel, MD, JD, MPH, HEC-C, DFAPA, FACLP, is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. His publications in Psychiatrist.com from 2022 to 2026 focus on psychiatry topics including medical aid in dying, end-of-life and palliative care, and issues related to COVID, such as decisional capacity in vaccine refusal. He has frequently collaborated with Joseph F. Goldberg.

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JCP
Psychiatrists and Medical Aid in Dying: Entering Uncharted Waters
Commentary

Psychiatrists and Medical Aid in Dying: Entering Uncharted Waters

July 1, 2026

This commentary argues that psychiatric participation in MAID differs meaningfully from traditional capacity evaluations and conventional suicide prevention and therefore demands its own practice standards.
JCP
Recognizing Impaired Decisional Capacity in Vaccine Refusal: Reply to Kels and Kels
Letter to the Editor

Recognizing Impaired Decisional Capacity in Vaccine Refusal: Reply to Kels and Kels

February 1, 2022

The authors reply to a letter commenting on Dr Goldberg’s JCP editorial examining COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
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