East Cary Family Physicians

JULY 5, 2022

We are often informed about the importance of physical health, via exercising, physical check ups, or eating healthy, but it is important that mental health does not get overlooked. To be an overall healthy person, one must pay attention both to physical and mental health.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.

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Lab Testing Medical Patients Mental Health 52

Vascular Physician

JULY 11, 2021

How is Raynaud's Phenomenon diagnosed? Educating patients on the link between emotional stress and Raynaud's phenomenon is important and attention to mental health disorders should be considered. Evaluation begins with three screening questions: Are your fingers or toes unusually sensitive to cold?

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Referral Mental Health Patients Screening 52

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

JUNE 5, 2021

I've been neglecting this blog. Later on in the day, a panel discussed the mental health issues that covid has triggered in the general population, and in doctors. I asked what is the main barrier which prevents doctors from seeking help for mental distress, and the answer from Dr Íde Delargy was “stigma”.

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GP Screening Mental Health IT 100

Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

I enjoy seeing patients for all kinds of visits as well – mental health, physicals, GYN concerns, coughs/colds, etc. I cannot tell you the number of times that I have seen a patient and discovered additional diagnoses after they had been to urgent care. In fact, I enjoy patients who are engaged in their care and ask questions.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

He studies the mental health system in the ways in which it has failed children and adolescents, and he writes about his experience with cancer in a blog, the Billgardner.substack.com, Billgardner, one word. ” Somebody in the comments on their blog response said, “Did you check the date? Bill: Thank you.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

And you wrote, actually, a beautiful GeriPal blog about it a while ago. And here, just to clarify, we’re using that term to mean, people diagnosed with cancer, not necessarily people who were treated with curative intent. So, among folks ever diagnosed with head and neck cancers, prevalence of substance use disorders was 9%.

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