StorytellERdoc

MARCH 18, 2020

Being an ER physician facing this dilemma on the front lines of a large emergency and trauma center, I am also bearing witness to the more daunting picture of this dilemma--the mental and physical effects Covid-19 is having on our patients as well as on all of us. Please let us focus on the critically ill. Take a walk.

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ER Illness Physicals Provider 100

Edge Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Safety – Reduces exposure to contagious illnesses. Mild illnesses such as colds, rashes, or minor infections. Mental health consultations , including therapy and psychiatry. When to Visit in Person Annual physical exams & vaccinations. Medication refills or adjustments.

Telemedicine 130

Telemedicine Family Medicine DO Chronic Disease Management 130

GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Still, we havent talked about integrating palliative care into psychiatry or in the care of those with severe mental illness. What does it look like to take a palliative approach to severe mental illness? Is “terminal” mental illness a thing? Eric 00:51 And Alex, who do we have with us today?

Illness 101

Illness Mental Health IT Patient-Centered 101

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As she said, when you think about the hardest patients you’ve cared for, in nearly all cases there was some aspect of psychological illness involved. Today we talk with two psychologists who are deeply invested in addressing psychological aspects of care for people living with serious illness. That rings true to me.

Mental Health 122

Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 122

GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

To be eligible in Canada patients must have a “ grievous and irremediable ” condition, including disability ; they do not have to have a terminal illness with a prognosis of less than 6 months. A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. So less than six months to live.

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Illness IT Medical Provider 144

GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Eric 01:04 So we’re going to be talking about transgender health in older adults and those with serious illness. Gender expression is your physical outward manifestation of how you express your gender identity. Jace 29:36 We see higher rates of mental health challenges that I think are due to overcoming adversity.

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Individual Community IT Chronic Condition 85

GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

We get a bit of, in the veteran population, kind of a mix of a lot of mental health issues thrown into these comorbid illnesses, including cirrhosis, but it’s usually the decompensated cirrhotics or the folks with liver cancer and cirrhosis, or one of both. And it’s usually those people that I’m seeing.

Patient-Centered 109

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 109

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

But now we have older people dying of older people illnesses. We really like the community doctors to know, so those of you listening, that our patients, they’ve lost their physical freedom, but they have autonomy in terms of their medical decision-making just like anybody else. We have about 450 inpatient mental health beds.

Families 132

Families Family IT Community 132

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Juliet and Rachelle are two of the authors of a recent JAMA viewpoint titled “Shifting to Serious Illness Communication.” . Also see the image below from Alex’s editorial in JAGS , a Venn diagram of advance care planning and serious illness communication. Shifting to Serious Illness Communication. Transcript. What is it?

Illness 98

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 98

Vida Family Medicine

MARCH 1, 2023

Eating disorders are considered mental health conditions but they affect every aspect of a person's health. Eating disorders are some of the most deadly of mental health conditions, second only to opiate addiction.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Physicals Family Medicine DO 52

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Alex 12:36 And most of our listeners are like clinician, practicing clinicians caring for older adults, people with serious illness. Within eight weeks of diagnosis of advanced disease. So in chronically critically ill patients, the idea that one visit is going to do anything is just. Is this superior to that? Palliative care.

Patient-Centered 119

Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 119

GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

Like yourself, when I was a resident, and pain has been shaped in our mind as being a purely physical sensation, especially on the clinical side, where this idea that pain is complex and that pain is as much an emotion as much as physical sensation is not really something we are trained to do. Haider: That was a great story.

Patient-Centered 105

Patient-Centered Physicals IT Patients 105