Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context 2-1-1 is a designated phone help line in Canada and the US that provides referrals for individuals to local government and community-based services for a wide variety of needs, including social, health care, and mental health services. Adult males are the most likely demographic to seek mental health care through 2-1-1.

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Referral Mental Health Finance Community 130

Family Medicine Austin

MAY 23, 2025

At Family Medicine Austin, we believe that true wellness encompasses both physical and mental health. By integrating mental health services and STD screenings, we offer a holistic approach that addresses all aspects of our patients’ well-being.

STD Screening 130

STD Screening Mental Health Screening Family Medicine 130

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

MARCH 19, 2025

The Power of Community in Family Medicine For incoming STFM President Steven Lin, MD, STFM is more than an organization—it’s a home. “Going to an STFM conference with colleagues and friends from all over the world is like going back … Continue reading →

Family Medicine 40

Family Medicine DO Family Families 40

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

CONTEXT: The percentage of family physicians (FPs) in Ontario who practice primary care has been decreasing over time as FPs are choosing to focus some or all of their practice in more specialized areas. POPULATION STUDIED: All family physicians in Ontario, who submitted a billing claim during the study period. in 2018 to 35.1%

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Family Families Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: There has been a steady increase in pediatric emergency department (ED) visits for mental health. These visits are costly and preventable, representing a failure to address the mental health needs of children. Results: 20.2% of clinicians received any support by VMAP between 2016-2023. Results: 20.2%

Mental Health 130

Mental Health Internal Medicine Family Medicine DO 130

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

MAY 1, 2025

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s a time to dedicate promoting the understanding as well as discussing and sharing personal experiences revolving around mental health. adults experience mental illness each year. What is Mental Health? What is the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health?

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Family Medicine DO Education 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) are at higher risk of mental health problems. Minority stress due to SGMs’ marginalized social status and institutional stigma is considered to affect SGMs’ mental health. Conclusions: Experiencing outing is associated with poorer mental health status in Japan.

Mental Health 130

Mental Health Education Community Family 130

The Health Policy Exchange

MAY 7, 2013

Medicaid Expansion map courtesy of Avalere Health via The Washington Pos t Wonkblog 5/5/13 In last month's Georgetown University Health Policy seminar, we discussed the complex role of the Medicaid state-federal partnership (which currently provides health insurance to 1 in every 5 Americans ) in improving access to care and health outcomes.

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Insurance Individual Family Medicine DO 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We therefore compared how the two approaches affected the burden of care of family caregivers of patients with serious illnesses. Patients with serious illnesses cared for by each group were invited to refer their family caregivers. We included 192 family caregivers.

Healthcare Professional 130

Healthcare Professional Illness Primary Care Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Datasets: Primary care EMR data from the Eastern Ontario Network and acute care, post-acute, and community mental health and addictions data from the Shared Health Integrated Information Portal.

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Primary Care Electronics Hospital Medical 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This study represents the first nation-wide survey of the perceived impacts for clinicians in Family Medicine practice. Instrument/Dataset: Ten item subset within the 2023 Council of Academic Family Medicine’s (CAFM) Educational Research Alliance (CERA) survey, administered from Nov.20-Dec.22,

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Family Medicine DO Healthcare Professional 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Identify practice patterns of family physicians practicing within boutique clinics in Ontario. This retrospective population-based cohort study included patients seen by physicians in boutique clinics, Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), and all of Ontario. Study Design and Analysis.

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Clinic Referral Primary Care Physician Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results: Common triggers of food insecurity in this older adult population were loss of a life partner, loss of a driver's license, onset of debilitating health problems contributing to reduced mobility, low income status, mental health issues, and difficulty and lack of motivation to prepare meals.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Family Doctor Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results We observed that providers in rural areas tend to use more codes related to social determinants of health compared with providers in non-rural settings.

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Electronics Provider Family Physician Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Having at least one chronic condition (p=0.004) or poor perceived mental health (p=0.048) were associated with experiencing continuity difficulties.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Clinic Chronic Condition Finance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context A number of patients have complex care needs that arise from interactions among multiple factors, such as multimorbidity, mental health issues, and social vulnerability. These factors influence decisions about healthcare and health services.

Mental Health 130

Mental Health Chronic Condition Consulting Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The homeless population has tripled with over half of this population suffering from untreated drug addiction and mental health issues. In one week, EMS personnel may respond to a 911 call six times at the same address in a one week period.

Community 130

Community Mental Health Management Hospital 130

Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Bill Skelton, founder of the Acupuncture Clinic here in Columbia, SC, gave me the film to watch and said he thought that as a Direct Primary Care physician and owner of Noreta Family Medicine, I would appreciate it. As a family doctor who has worked for a large hospital system in the past, I fully agree with this contention.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Primary Care Family Medicine DO 52

Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

This study assessed the preferences of family medicine patients for seeing their primary care physician (PCP) vs other team clinicians based on visit type and wait time. METHODS Our cross-sectional online survey asked patients about their primary care clinics, PCP, portal use, self-reported health, and demographics.

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PCP PCP Chronic Condition Primary Care 130

Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 29, 2023

However, one large factor in physical health that patients often ignore is mental health. Mental health and physical health are completely intertwined. We cannot truly make an impact on a person's long term physical health without also addressing mental health.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Physicals Primary Care Doctor Primary Care 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

76% (379/499) of participants expressed having a diagnosed or undiagnosed serious mental health problem, such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. 40% (201/499) of participants were reluctant to seek medical care because they use drugs.

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Community Mental Health Patients Diagnose 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Depression remains a prevalent mental health condition, with rates of diagnosis disproportionately increasing for women and Black or Hispanic adults. However, variations in these disparities due to marital status remains unclear. However, males, Asian, AA participants, and NH White individuals did not exhibit the same results.

Illness 130

Illness Mental Health Individual Utilities 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Three PC practices that routinely serve adolescents were selected: 2 urban practices (1 Family Medicine [FM] and 1 Pediatric [PED]) and 1 rural combined FM/PED practice. Objectives: To implement SUD screening in patients aged 12-17 seen for all visit types (well and sick visits) and to quantify the rate of substance misuse.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Referral Wellness Visit 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

These individuals are often high utilizers of health care services, with some of the costliest services being hospital admissions and emergency department (ED) visits.

Integrated Care 130

Integrated Care Utilities Illness Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Substance use disorders (SUD) significantly impact the physical, social, and mental health of individuals, their families, and the wider community. Parental substance use, a recognized adverse childhood experience (ACE), can lead to long-term social and health difficulties for adults and children.

Community 130

Community Family Families Individual 130

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 1, 2025

As many of you understand, our Capitol community is like a family and many of us have worked together for years, if not decades. During negotiations, leadership compromised by centering the increase on mental health and did not raise reimbursement rates for outpatient primary care.

Telehealth 66

Telehealth Mental Health Specialization Primary Care 66

BMJ

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Reference: Benson J , Sexton R , Dowrick C , et al, Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic As we face the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, doctors, and particularly general practitioners and family doctors (GPs), answer the call to serve in time-pressured, unfamiliar, chaotic, and often-traumatic environments.

Family Medicine 40

Family Medicine DO Mental Health Family Doctor 40

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: This qualitative research explored how family physicians understand what professionalism means, how it is enacted in their day-to-day practice, and to identify challenges to professionalism. They felt their professionalism was supported through family time, mental health support, and regular time off.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Family Families Patient-Centered 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

To address this issue, we propose a targeted, multidisciplinary approach that includes medical management and support services like mental health counseling and nutritional guidance tailored to high-risk patients. This challenge is primarily driven by a small subset of patients who are readmitted multiple times.

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Finance Medical Patient-Centered Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Mental health services remained adequate for 65% (n=22), compared to 68% (n=23) before pandemic. Regarding clinical education changes since March 2020, 47% (n=16) were satisfied. 97% (n=33) reported tolerating unexpected situations well, decreasing to 85% (n=29) during COVID-19.

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Telemedicine Education Telehealth Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Primary care must address the complex needs of patients with multiple chronic conditions, given 40% of patients seen in primary care have behavioral health needs. Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) is associated with improved access and engagement in mental health services and mental and physical health patient outcomes.

Chronic Condition 130

Chronic Condition Primary Care Patients Clinic 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Conclusions: Long COVID pain is prevalent, and if left untreated can develop into more debilitating pain conditions, disability, and mental health comorbidities in an already vulnerable population.

Patients 130

Patients Insurance IT Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

physical, social, emotional, spiritual and mental health information collected with well-being and lifestyle medicine tools, and anthropometric and cardiometabolic variables. Instrument: Participant and provider progress, satisfaction and feedback were elicited through questionnaires and focus groups.

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Chronic Disease Community Hypertension Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results Participants were females (72%), >65 years (28%), Francophone (40%), < university degree (66%), not working (77%) and reported mental health, healthy lifestyle and social/financial related needs. ARC: All (N=17) participants used navigation.

Patients 130

Patients Community Patient-Centered Referral 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Sexual distress strongly correlated with mental health and substance use disorders signifying their critical influence on female sexual well-being. However, SDOH variables such as marital status, education level, transportation and housing did not show significant impact.

Transportation 130

Transportation Consulting Mental Health Physicals 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The respondents attributed their specific improvements in pain, function, mental health (mood, stress, anxiety), and opioid use to the interventions. When asked what overall helped their CLBP, they most frequently cited the MBT/CBT techniques learned through the study.

Management 130

Management Mental Health Physicals Community 130

Newnan Family Medicine Associates

JUNE 12, 2025

Just like our physical well-being, our mental health is of vital importance in sustaining a long and healthy life. Not only is mental health important for improving our quality of life, but also in improving our relationships and overall health. However, the struggles and stressors of everyday life.

Mental Health 59

Mental Health Relationship Physicals 59