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Trend in areas of practice of family physicians by career stage in Ontario, Canada from 2018 to 2022 [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

DATASET: Physician billing data submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Health by FPs over the five years from April 1, 2018 and March 31, 2023. in 2018 to 25.2% in 2018 to 35.1% Mental health care had the second highest (27.2%), with most of the increase occurring among early and early-mid career FPs.

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How Mental Health & SUD Bias Impact ED Physical Care

Physician's Weekly

Mental health and SUD bias impact the quality of ED care that patients with these conditions receive for physical health concerns, according to research. Many respondents described an abrupt shift in clinician demeanor—“dismissive,” “rushed,” or “unprofessional”—once their mentalhealth history surfaced.

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The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

These individuals are often high utilizers of health care services, with some of the costliest services being hospital admissions and emergency department (ED) visits. A difference-in-differences (DID) approach was used to compare outcomes in two groups: Medicaid beneficiaries assigned to KHH and those who were not.

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Intersections Between Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Marital Status Associations with Depression Symptoms [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Depression remains a prevalent mental health condition, with rates of diagnosis disproportionately increasing for women and Black or Hispanic adults. Setting or Dataset: Data were derived from a survey dataset obtained from NHANES, specifically cross-sectional data from the 2013 to 2018 waves.

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Implementation of Combined PCBH and CCBHC Models: Key Considerations

Integrated Care News by CFHA

On January 7, 2025, SAMHSA announced the award of one-year Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) Demonstration planning grants to 14 states and Washington, D.C., CCBHCs focus on comprehensive behavioral health services, ensuring 24/7 crisis care, care coordination, and a broader continuum of behavioral health treatment.

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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Collect, share, act: A transtheoretical clinical model for doing measurement-based care in mental health treatment. Measurement-based care as a practice improvement tool: Clinical and organizational applications in youth mental health. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 5(3), 233–250.

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Talk therapy is up, and use of psych meds without therapy is down, a study finds

NPR Health

The study looks at trends in mental health treatment from 2018 to 2021. A study from the American Journal of Psychiatry suggests that psychotherapy is becoming more accessible to people. Image credit: simplehappyart/iStockphoto)