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The Impact of a Health Professions Education Program on Concussion Management: A Multi-Methods Study of ECHO Concussion [Neurologic illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

The ECHO (Extensions for Community Healthcare Outcomes) model is an ideal platform for dissemination of best practice guidelines and standards of care in common, complex, acute and chronic conditions. Concussion management is complex: variable onset of symptoms, urban/rural disparities, and the many professionals involved in case management.

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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

Study Design and Analysis: This study utilized survey-based methodology to estimate adjusted odds ratios (OR) and interaction effects using ordinal generalized linear model. Population Studied: Community-dwelling, non-institutionalized, United States adults aged 20 years and older (N=14,759).

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Impact of Toxic Stress, Inadequate Sleep, and Depressive Disorders on Cognitive Decline in US Elderly Adult Population [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: We utilized the CDC state-specific Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BFRSS) data from 2020 and 2022. Study Design and Analysis: A cross-sectional study that incorporated multivariable Poisson regression models to estimate the adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR) with 95% confidence intervals.

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Self-management support as an add-on to usual care for adults experiencing anxiety: A pragmatic randomized clinical trial [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Secondary outcome measures include self-reported instruments for quality of life, anxiety and depressive symptoms, recovery, and service utilization. Findings suggest that SMS should be routinely offered in the community in a recovery-oriented approach. The control condition will access a delayed intervention after a 12-month period.

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

adults experience mental illness each year. We have the chance to support each other by breaking the stigma, utilizing local and federal resources, and better recognizing the signs and symptoms. Therapists and counselors, as well as community support groups, can provide much-needed guidance. Nearly 1 in 5 U.S.

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Episode 236: ARM Episode 16 – Live from SGIM: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2022 Annual Meeting

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Valtis is a 4th year Med-Peds Resident at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, and his research focuses on race and the utilization of security responses in the inpatient hospital setting. This episode was led by Rohan Khazanchi, and was hosted by Sudarshan Krishnamurthy and Utibe R. Calac, Victor A.

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RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

GeriPal

We are also joined by LaVera Crawly, a physician turned chaplain, now VP of Spiritual Care at Common Spirit Health (and author of another of my favorite and most cited papers on palliative care in the African American Community ). LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine. You started off as a physician, right? LaVera: Yes.

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