The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

She served on the National Institute of Mental Health Advisory Council and the APA’s Council for Research. Simon, MD, MPH , is Boston’s inaugural Chief Behavioral Health Officer, appointed by Mayor Michelle Wu.  National audiences regularly seek his perspectives on mental health through trusted outlets.

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Dr. Zaar

JUNE 1, 2025

Diabetologist: A doctor who specializes in diabetes (sometimes used interchangeably with endocrinologists). Certification shows they’ve completed specialized training and passed rigorous exams. Endocrinologist: A specialist trained in treating hormonal disorders, including diabetes.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 18, 2022

[link] CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 18 – Remedying Health Inequities Driven by the Carceral System Show Notes by Ayana Watkins October 18, 2022 Summary: This episode highlights the history and roots of the carceral system, as well as its far-reaching impacts on the health of women and children today.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 27, 2025

As we move into the tenth week of the legislative session, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Megan Verdeja breaks down what’s happening at the Minnesota State Capitol and provides an update on health care bills. 1354, which would establish a School Health Advisory Committee.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 13, 2025

MAFP lobbyist Megan Verdeja shares the latest legislative updates on key health care-related hearings and bills moving through committees.

 With the latest budget forecast adding uncertainty to long-term state funding, legislators are facing tough decisions about spending priorities.

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Pamela Wible MD

MAY 21, 2025

You saved my life.” ~ Family Medicine Resident, PA “As the son of a doctor and a psychiatrist, I’ve run across all kinds of would-be healers and experts of the mind. I love how you specialize in healing physicians’ souls.” ~ Family Physician, OR Ready to Transform Your Life & Practice? Can’t travel?

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GeriPal

JULY 27, 2023

And then you get the call from the family, they can’t sleep at night. Brienne: I think that what you’re bringing up is that if you look at somebody who’s a behavioral sleep specialist and who specializes in treating insomnia and they hear that the way you treat insomnia is through sleep hygiene, then they groan, right?

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StorytellERdoc

MARCH 18, 2020

Gone are the carefree smiles, the uncomplicated daily lives, and the thought that we and our families are immune to unexpected death. Friends and family have asked me my thoughts on Covid-19, maybe believing I have some special information simply from being on the front lines. We are all scared. Secondly, stay positive.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 23, 2024

We’ll also dive into specific health concerns for men and women, as well as the growing importance of mental health in primary care. A family pediatrician. Primary care is your go-to for all things health-related. Men’s Mental Health It’s also important to talk about mental health, which is often overlooked in men.

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Family Physicians of Greeley

JANUARY 9, 2024

Adolescent medicine is a sub-specialty of family medicine and pediatrics, that focuses on the health issues of youths from ages 9 through 23. This is one small part of why having a physician that is specially trained in navigating this age range is important.

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Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Joy is a licensed psychologist and host of the popular mental health podcast, Therapy for Black Girls. Her work focuses on making mental health topics more relevant and accessible for Black women and she delights in using pop culture to illustrate psychological concepts. “A

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

And so, three years of seeing over and over people having really difficult end of life experiences in the ICU, not being able to advocate for themselves, a lot of trauma for their families, I just thought, we have to do better than this. I was really passionate about helping the people and also their families. I’ll say it.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Our guests are BJ Miller, palliative care physician and c-founder of Mettle Health , and Naomi Saks, chaplain at UCSF. The more we can notice that, the more we can actually be present for that family and actually see how they’re experiencing it. Family member, and with some chagrin- Eric: Powerful nudge. Naomi: Yeah.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

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. There was no conversation with the patient or the family about this. And the families were part of it, which is not what it was like in the hospital.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So my family is from Maui and were impacted by the wildfires, so I really appreciate this. Alex: How is your family doing? My family’s also from Maui. And her dad’s family, the Makekaus family, which is based in Lahaina, and we actually visited their grave sites there, when we were there a few years ago.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

And, you know, I just thought it was a really special song. 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.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

That’s why we use the terms assessment and intervention and we think of assessment as a skill of a very advanced skill that chaplains have of doing an in-depth evaluation of a patient or family member, and then the interventions should certainly follow naturally from that. LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine.

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GeriPal

MARCH 30, 2023

It feels special to me. Because, for example, we get a lot of pieces on wellness and mental health. ” I think that’s what I’m talking about with action, or it might be family leave policies. If I can share in my own family, my grandmother died early in the pandemic, just before her 97th birthday.

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

We got some really special guests with us. But that just didn’t really resonate with what I saw clinically which was that there was lots of suffering both in the patient, their family and on the clinical team and just felt it was really this space where I didn’t have a lot of evidence to guide me. Transcript.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

He studies the mental health system in the ways in which it has failed children and adolescents, and he writes about his experience with cancer in a blog, the Billgardner.substack.com, Billgardner, one word. I was asking about what was going to be special about the trip or if they were going to do things with their family.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

And so even being asked, you know, like, it’s very hard for an individual to feel, to say, yes, I’ve had recurrent trauma in my life and that’s affected my mental health, my physical health, my cognitive health, et cetera. Mariah 25:13 Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, saa.

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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. Eating disorders affect people of all ages, races, and genders.

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GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

Alex: But the longer title’s Ethno-Geriatrics and Special Populations. When they think about homelessness, their mind goes to what I would call the individual risk factors, things like having a substance use disability or mental health disability. Margot: Yes. Those are structural factors.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

And also, you know, do they know of anyone, friends, family, coworkers who’s been attacked, were assaulted as a part of these incidents? And that has an impact, as we’ve shown in the papers, on your social health, your mental health and physical health. How have they been hearing about these issues?

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

I actually wonder though, since we’re on a GeriPal broadcast, I think that people are under emphasizing the special risk of older people. So it’s just every single part of our life is affected and mental health issues. I mean, many people in their mid to older years are on certain medications. So we could go on.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Malaz: I love it.

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Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 19, 2025

And now what we have all been waiting for, our keynote speaker on today’s theme of mental health. Born into a family of physicians who warned her not to pursue medicine. I think it’s a label that people turn to because of mental health stigma. I give you Dr. Pamela Wible. Doesn’t make any sense.

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Doctors for America

JUNE 23, 2025

These raids, detentions, and family separations are both morally reprehensible and public health catastrophes. Children and families are experiencing severe psychological distress, toxic stress, and long-term harm to physical and mental health due to forced separations and the constant threat of deportation.

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