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5 Baby Safety Tips from a Family Physician and Mom

Vida Family Medicine

If you have intrusive thoughts of harming yourself, your baby, or someone else, seek care immediately at your nearest emergency room or mental health crisis center. The most important thing you can do as a parent to take care of your child is to make sure you are taking care of yourself first.

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MAFP Supports Two Student Programs This Summer!

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

At the Family Medicine office, I observed the close relationships fostered between Dr. Der Simonian and her patients. Between routine care, medication management, and patients who opened up about their mental health struggles, it was clear that a strong baseline of trust had been established.

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Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

GeriPal

And then I immediately realized that I was fighting going into a mental health discipline because of my parents’ background in mental health as psychologists. And so my first introduction to the field came with my first job in 1982, when I went to the Cambridge Hospital to do primary care and internal medicine.

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What Is The Best Example Of Preventive Care?

Mesa Family Physician

At Mesa Family Physicians, we firmly believe that preventing health problems before they arise is always preferable to treating them after they’ve developed. Annual Physical Examinations The comprehensive annual physical remains one of the cornerstone examples of preventive care services.