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Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

COVID-19's impact surpasses previous pandemics, disrupting medical education by delaying clinical rotations and necessitating a rapid transition to telemedicine due to isolation and PPE shortages. We aim to highlight educational gaps for future pandemic preparedness.

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

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. Knowing these numbers, it’s imperative we take the opportunity for education and discussion.

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Why Is It Important For You To Take Care Of Your Body?

Mesa Family Physician

When you prioritize your physical and mental health, you’re investing in your future well-being and quality of life. The Connection Between Physical and Mental Health Why should you take care of your body and mental health together? Why Is It Important To Take Care Of Your Mental Health?

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A Qualitative Study of Primary Care Physicians Approaches to Caring for Adult Adopted Patients [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

PURPOSE Adoption has lifelong health implications for 7.8 Primary care physicians (PCPs) rarely receive training about adoptees including their mental health needs and increased suicide risk. CONCLUSION Future research should expand education and training for PCPs on adult adoptees with LFMH.

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How to Find the Right Therapist

Doctor On Demand

Mental health is an essential part of our overall health and wellbeing. The daily stress and anxiety we face in our lives play a major role in our physical health. Whether it’s a relationship, a child, a job, or any other worry, we all have to deal with our fair share of challenges. Depression is a great example.

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Drugs Vs. Digital Therapeutics – A Digital Symbiosis

The Medical Futurist

The title, Drugs vs. DTx, is a classic case of the “it’s complicated” relationship status. But there is another upside: it allows a certain kind of privacy, bringing treatments to the patients’ homes, and removing stigmas typically connected to a number of therapies, either in substance abuse care or in mental health.

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New Report: U.S. Primary Care System Crumbling Amid Historic Disinvestment and Surge in Chronic Diseases

The Physicians Foundation

Misplaced Training Dollars: Lack of funding for community-based training impacting the primary care physician pipeline Hospital-based graduate medical education (GME) receives significantly more funding than community-based programs, a disparity linked to fewer new primary care physicians entering the workforce. As the U.S.