GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. There was a case in BC a few months ago of a woman with mental health issues who had suffered from depression, chronic suicidality at times.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Pat Connolly reported on the 2024 Maine Legislative Session: It was a short but busy session in Augusta this year. Despite broad support from all aspects of health care, the flavored tobacco bill, LD 2416, was passed by the senate but never came up for a vote in the House. Here in Maine the "shorter" Legislative Session was quite full!

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

So if you think about dementia, it’s on the intersection of aging stigma and mental health stigma. Whereas with comprehensive dementia care, what you really need is a lot of the support that is delivered in the community. And these care navigator, they can be community health worker with just 12 years of education.

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Patient-Centered IT Family Families 125

Physicians News Digest

APRIL 17, 2025

By Rae Ellen Bichell and Rachana Pradhan The National Institutes of Health’s sweeping cuts of grants that fund scientific research are inflicting pain almost universally across the U.S., including in most states that backed President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. 28, are in states Trump won in November.

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