Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Primary care physicians often help patients with mental health concerns, but little is known about patients’ views of addressing their mental health needs within the primary care setting. Patients could create a care plan for up to two identified risks.

Mental Health 130

Mental Health Primary Care Patients Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

PURPOSE Adoption has lifelong health implications for 7.8 million adopted people and their families in the United States. The majority of adoptees have limited family medical history (LFMH). Primary care physicians (PCPs) rarely receive training about adoptees including their mental health needs and increased suicide risk.

Primary Care Physician 130

Primary Care Physician Primary Care Patients Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Ontario, multiple organizations operate under a ‘boutique’ medicine model where patients pay a block or annual fee to access primary care services. Little is known about the characteristics of physicians and patients participating in boutique clinic practice models.

Clinic 130

Clinic Referral Primary Care Physician Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

Less is known about how team-based care influences patient satisfaction and perceptions of the trade-off between continuity and access. 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.

PCP 130

PCP PCP Chronic Condition Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

Self-disclosure of mental health issues is very personal and is considered to be outside the scope of the patient-physician relationship. This narrative tells my story as a primary care physician trying to help a patient having anxiety and depression.

Primary Care Physician 130

Primary Care Physician Mental Health Primary Care Relationship 130

Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic and the isolation caused by public health measures to slow its spread exacerbated a mismatch between the need for mental health care and the number of professionals trained to provide that care. In Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? and the suffering that they cause.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health IT Primary Care Primary Care Physician 52

Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care. minutes long.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Primary Care DO Family Medicine 52