Academic Title: Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine 

Department/Center: Division of Medical Psychiatry and Palliative Care Medicine

Clinical Affiliations: John Dempsey Hospital, Wolfson Palliative Care Center, New Britain General Hospital. 

Education: University of Rhodesia School of Medicine 

Residency: Brown University School of Medicine, Adult Pyschiatry, Harvard Medical School 

Research Interests: Palliative care, neuropsychiatry (Huntington’s disease, disorders of motivation). 

Selected Publications:

Duffy JD. Commentary on: The physician-assisted suicide dilemma: a pilot study of the views and experiences of Connecticut physicians. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 2000. 

Duffy JD. How We Die in America - The Crisis in American Healthcaring. Connecticut Medicine. November 649 -654 2002.  

Coll P, Duffy JD. Best Practices in End-of-Life Care in Connecticut Hospitals. Connecticut Medicine. November 671 – 675, 2002.  

Duffy JD, Doherty E, Bullard S, Fitzpatrick MF, Hennig B, Deckel AW, Spencer S. The Determinants of Quality of Life in Patients with Huntington’s Disease. Journal of  Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 15:2; 268-269, 2003. 

Spencer S, Duffy JD, Bullard S, Doherty E, et al. The Neurobehavioral Correlates of patients with early and mid-stage Huntington’s Disease. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 15:2; 269, 2003. 

Bullard S, Doherty E, Duffy JD, et al. Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in early-and mid-stage Huntington’s Disease. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical neurosciences. 15:2; 269, 2003. 

Contact Information: 
Phone:   860-679-2000
Fax:       860-679-4077
E-mail: Duffy@psychiatry.uchc.org