About John Worthington, MD
I am a psychiatrist seeing adult outpatients. I spend half of my time seeing patients in clinical research trials and half of my time seeing patients in our clinic.
Clinical Interests:
- Anxiety disorders
- Depressive disorders
- Grief and bereavement
- Psychopharmacology
- Trauma and critical care
- Treatment of alcohol, illicit drug use / abuse / dependence
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Psychiatry: Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders
One Bowdoin Square
6th Floor
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 866-449-6779
Medical Education
- MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Residency, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Evernorth Behavioral Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- MassHealth
- Medicaid NH
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Behavioral Health
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Dr. Worthington's areas of clinical research interests include the effects of alcohol and substance use on mood and anxiety disorders, acute and long-term treatment of patients with panic disorder and depression, development of novel pharmacologic agents for mood and anxiety disorders, and uses of combined cognitive-behavioral and pharmacologic therapies for treatment-refractory patients. Currently, Dr. Worthington is an investigator on several National Institutes of Mental Health studies. Amongst them is one involving the course of treatment-refractory social phobia and another one involves treatment strategies for posttraumatic stress disorder. He is also an investigator in numerous phase II and phase III clinical trials sponsored by several pharmaceutical companies. He has published over 140 articles, reviews and posters and he lectures in national and international forums.
Dr Worthington has enabled me to enjoy a life virtually free of depressive symptoms for the past 30 years - he has literally been a lifesaver...
I've been seeing him for a long time, & I appreciate the relationship.
He's very thorough, gentle, and is always on time for our Zoom calls. I appreciate the care he takes.
Dr Worthington is very caring and is always there for me.He gives me a lot of support and that means a lot to me.Im very grateful to have him in my life.He is awesome!!
Very good meeting with this Doctor . All questions were answered.
I've been seeing this doctor for a very long time. He is always available if needed and is kind, compassionate and knowledgeable! Meeting him virtually has helped me tremendously as I am [redacted] years old and getting to MGH and parking can be difficult.
Amazing provider and I am very happy with my Doctor!!!
Dr. Worthington is excellent! I trust him explicitly. Enough to refer my son to him.
I have been a patient of Dr. Worthington for years. I have always been extremely happy with his care. He really listens and communicates so well. I would definitely recommend him to anyone.
Always offers other alternative resources, such as online learning options relevant to my treatment issues.