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Pilot of Family Medicine Parent Partnership: Supporting mothers with depressive symptoms and promoting child development [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To pilot a novel approach pairing a light-touch parenting intervention for patients with young children with a standard primary care clinic protocol for screening and addressing depression. consistent routines, book reading, daily play, etc.) Depressive symptoms were measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire.

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

Treating less serious ailments gets faster, more targeted and more efficient, while the means for curing more serious and life-altering illnesses improve. In 2015, surgeons in Manchester, UK have performed the first bionic eye implant for an AMD patient using Second Sight’s innovation.

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Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson

GeriPal

How, though, do we navigate anxiety and help our patients who may end up in the anxiety spiral that becomes so hard to get out of? We then walk through how we should screen for anxiety and how we should think about a differential. On today’s podcast, we’ve invited Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson to talk to us about anxiety.

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Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

GeriPal

Jenny Chen is a palliative care fellow at Yale who regularly sings for her seriously ill patients. Jenny reached out to us because she plays music regularly for her patients, and she said, you should do a podcast about music. And I performed for many palliative patients, and that’s when I started to understand.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Many older adults lose decision-making capacity during serious illnesses, and a significant percentage lack family or friends to assist with decisions. And I was asking this patient about if he had filled out an advanced directive. Is the patient in your descriptor? Alex 10:41 No, they don’t.

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The Nature of Suffering: BJ Miller and Naomi Saks

GeriPal

The illness narratives suffering, healing, and the human condition. I think even the word patient, patient, I think, comes from the word suffer, the one who suffers. I’ve had a patient in one room, they have stage four breast cancer. Hospital Chaplains, Spirituality, and Pain Management: A Qualitative Study.

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"Why Everyone Is Talking About This Medical Clinic in Michigan!"

Plum Health

Whether you’re in Detroit , Corunna , Lansing , Royal Oak , or Van Buren , this clinic is offering comprehensive care that puts patient well-being first. From managing chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension to preventive care and health screenings, the clinic is known for providing patient-centered care.

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