Joseph E Thornton, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
About Joseph E Thornton
Dr. Joseph Thornton is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry. He is the Founding Director for the UF-VA UNESCO Bioethics Unit and works clinically in the General Adult Division both inpatient and outpatient services.
Accomplishments
Distinguished Fellow
2021
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American Psychiatric Association
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
2016-2020,2023-2025
MDU4061 Introduction to Medical Bioethics
2016-2020,2024-2025
MDU4031 Medicine and the Law
2016-2018
GMS6873 Introduction to Medical Bioethics
2018
PAS5125 Psychiatry
2018
MDC7830 Psychiatry Clerkship
2017-2018
MDU4850 Diseases of Eating
2016-2018
GMS6874 Medicine and the Law
2023-2025
MDU4003 Introduction to the Professions of Medicine
2024-2025
BMS6813 Introduction to Clinical Medicine 2A
Board Certifications
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PsychiatryAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Clinical Profile
Specialties
- Psychiatry
Subspecialties
- Adult Psychiatry
Areas of Interest
- Depression in older adults
Research Profile
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)
0000-0003-2868-2923
Publications
Academic Articles
2024
AI-Generated Clinical Summaries.
JAMA.
331(22):1967-1968
[DOI] 10.1001/jama.2024.7277.
[PMID] 38753346.
2023
A Call to Address AI “Hallucinations” and How Healthcare Professionals Can Mitigate Their Risks.
Cureus.
15(9)
[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.44720.
[PMID] 37809168.
2023
Artificial intelligence and psychiatry research and practice.
Asian journal of psychiatry.
81
[DOI] 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103509.
[PMID] 36806373.
2023
Chatbot Confabulations Are Not Hallucinations.
JAMA internal medicine.
183(10)
[DOI] 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.4231.
[PMID] 37578766.
2023
Does machine-learning-based prediction of suicide risk actually reduce rates of suicide: A critical examination.
Asian journal of psychiatry.
88
[DOI] 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103769.
[PMID] 37741111.
2019
Multispecialty Opioid Risk Reduction Program Targeting Chronic Pain and Addiction Management in Veterans.
Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS.
36(9):406-411
[PMID] 31571808.
2018
Learning Research Ethics; Why It Matters.
Asian journal of psychiatry.
34
[DOI] 10.1016/j.ajp.2018.04.038.
[PMID] 29709321.
2017
Mental Health Outcomes After Having or Being Denied an Abortion.
JAMA psychiatry.
74(6)
[DOI] 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.0797.
[PMID] 28492925.
2015
Psychiatry is a clinical neuroscience, but how do we move the field?
Asian journal of psychiatry.
17:135-7
[DOI] 10.1016/j.ajp.2015.08.013.
[PMID] 26419193.
2005
Effects of repeated dose isaradapine on the abuse liability of cocaine
Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.
13(4):319-326
2003
Community readiness to prevent intimate partner violence in Bexar County
Journal of Transcultural Nursing.
14(3):227-238
2002
Increasing physician impact on the prevention of domestic violence
Texas Medicine.
98(1):58-61
2001
Continuous improvement process for health services to victims of domestic violence
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10:540-554
2000
A role for valproate in the treatment of sedative-hypnotic withdrawal and for relapse prevention
Alcohol and Alcoholism.
35(4):319-323
1992
A behavioral microanalysis of the effects of haloperidol and oxazepam in demented psychogeriatric inpatients
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
7:253-262
1991
A prospective naturalistic study of electroconvulsive therapy in late-life depression
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology.
4:3-13
1991
Adjunctive lithium carbonate in nortriptyline-resistant elderly depressed patients
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology.
11:254-256
1990
A Retrospective, Chart Review Study of Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy (M-ECT) in a University Based Practice
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6:121-128
1990
Factor analysis and preliminary validation of the mini-mental state examination from a longitudinal perspective
International Psychogeriatrics.
2:123-134
1989
Open-trial maintenance pharmacotherapy in late-life depression: Survival analysis
Psychiatry Research.
29:58-65
1986
Microcomputerized testing of drug effects on divided attention
Psychopharmacology Bulletin.
22:73-75
1986
Treating the Alzheimer’s Disease Syndrome
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services.
24:16-22
1985
Gamma-vinyl-GABA treatment of tardive dyskinesia and other movement disorders
Biological Psychiatry.
20:888-893
1984
Case report of tardive dyskinesia and Parkinsonism associated with amoxapine therapy
The American Journal of Psychiatry.
141(5):704-705
1984
Gaining conceptual control in a psychiatric clinic with a microcomputer database
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1981
Rapid assay of herpes simplex virus sensitivity to drugs.
Acta Ophthalmologica.
59:259-269
Education
Residency – Psychiatry
1985
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Stanford University
Residency – Psychiatry and Neurology
1982
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Stanford University
Medical Degree
1981
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University of Texas
Bachelor of Arts – Psychology
1976
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University of Texas
Contact Details
Phones:
- Business:
- (352) 594-1870
Emails:
- Business:
- joethornton@ufl.edu
Addresses:
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 103424
GAINESVILLE FL 32610 - Business Street:
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Psychiatry
4037 NW 86th Terrace
Springhill 1, Ste 3127
GAINESVILLE FL 32606