Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 21, 2022

As concerns about youth mental health, school shootings, and other forms of violence prompt more school systems to conduct mental health screenings, a UCR-led analysis is urging school officials to proceed with deference to student family, cultural, and community backgrounds.

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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. Instrument: The NHANES assessed depression using the PHQ-9, a nine-item depression screening tool.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 19, 2025

This position statement from the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) outlines our organizational commitment to Measurement-Based Care (MBC) as a foundational element of integrated healthcare. Collect, share, act: A transtheoretical clinical model for doing measurement-based care in mental health treatment.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

SUD screening is not universally done in primary care (PC). In our institution, screenings are completed for patients ≥15 years during well visits; those not presenting for well visits and under 15 may represent missed opportunities. A score ≥2 constitutes a positive screen for possible substance misuse.

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Family Physicians of Greeley

MAY 17, 2023

Maintaining good mental health is essential for our overall well-being. In today’s fast-paced and often stressful world, it’s important to prioritize self-care and adopt strategies that promote mental well-being. Establish Healthy Sleep Patterns: Adequate sleep is crucial for mental health and cognitive function.

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Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

PURPOSE Mental health screening is recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force for all patients in areas where treatment options are available. Still, it is estimated that only 4% of primary care patients are screened for depression. 95% CI, 69.0-73.5) and a specificity of 73.5 (95% 95% CI, 71.5-75.5).

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East Cary Family Physicians

JULY 26, 2023

Many health conditions, such as hypertension, diabetes, and certain cancers, can develop with little to no noticeable symptoms in their initial stages. Regular check-ups allow your healthcare provider to conduct screenings, perform tests, and monitor vital indicators that may indicate the early onset of such conditions.

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Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

JUNE 1, 2025

Everyone has an important role in maintaining mental and physical health and well-being and creating welcoming and safe spaces, so let’s dive further into the best ways to do just that. Get regular cervical and prostate cancer screenings. They are often discriminated against, leading to anxiety and depression.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results Participants reported that telehealth was acceptable for basic pregnancy check-ins, such as to monitor symptoms, discuss health concerns, and for information on medication safety. Participants also described challenges to expanding telehealth. For example, telehealth was not viewed as user friendly for clinical use.

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The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

“Health systems and payers are asking primary care physicians to take on more — manage multiple complex conditions, answer patient emails, handle insurance administration, and provide mental health and social needs screenings,” said Christopher F. Koller, President of the Milbank Memorial Fund.

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Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

JUNE 5, 2025

The fear of having a newborn taken away—this is a reality for many women who test positive for substances on a urine drug screen during pregnancy. The stigma and complications of substance use disorders are associated with insufficient prenatal care, inadequate nutrition, chronic medical conditions, and domestic violence.

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Vascular Physician

JULY 11, 2021

Raynaud phenomenon is more common in young women and in those with a family history. Evaluation begins with three screening questions: Are your fingers or toes unusually sensitive to cold? This usually includes a sudden onset of cold in digits on hands or toes followed by a three-color change from white to blue to red.

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Vida Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As a family physician, I spend a lot of time with patients focusing on how to best take care of themselves to prevent or manage chronic disease. Often when I meet a patient who is taking steps to improve their health, the first thing that they do is make changes to what they are eating.

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Dr. Michael Bazel

APRIL 29, 2025

When it comes to taking care of your health, proactive choices today can prevent serious problems tomorrow. For too many men, however, routine checkups and health screenings tend to fall by the wayside — often until symptoms become unavoidable. Regular screenings help identify risk factors early, long before symptoms appear.

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GeriPal

JULY 27, 2023

And then you get the call from the family, they can’t sleep at night. So actually, I use a depression screen and I also use an anxiety screen. But in the clinic, through mental health, I’m able to get CBTI pretty readily for my patients. I’m going to do it as a non-mental health professional.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

A preventive care visit serves as one of the most valuable tools for maintaining your long-term health. Unlike appointments that address specific illnesses or injuries, preventive care visits focus on screening for potential health issues, assessing your overall wellness, and helping you establish healthy habits before problems develop.

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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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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Lock To Live provides tools that can help you talk to patients and families about temporarily reducing access to potentially dangerous things like firearms, medicines, sharp objects or other household items. Firearm Life Plan offers peace of mind to older adult firearm owners and families.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Analyzing the Health and Retirement Study, she found 60% of older adults screened positive for depression in the last year of life (related study here ). Eric: So you could probably tell we’re going to be talking about mental health issues. Or is it that I’m just not screening? That’s a lot.

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 11, 2025

In this blog, we’ll break down what preventive care involves, explore its relationship with short-term health insurance, and explain why it’s a critical part of staying healthy at any stage of life. Think vaccinations, annual checkups, screenings for blood pressure or cholesterol, and lifestyle counseling. What Is Preventive Care?

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Pamela Wible MD

MAY 22, 2025

Is this official mental health care? Dr. Wible personally screens each participant to ensure they’re in the best group for their unique needs. Our physician peer support groups meet every Sunday (except major holidays and during live retreats). No, we do not offer official medical or legal advice. Are these membership groups?

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Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

What is the meaning of Family Medicine? As the name suggests, a family physician can take care of your entire family – from the day of your birth (even before!) I love family medicine because as family physicians, we can be trained to provide care for patients in many different settings. What is primary care?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise. So, we are not screening for substance use in cancer care, so we don’t get good estimates among people with cancer, which is really how we would prefer to ask the question. Katie: Yeah.

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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. David: Exactly.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 4, 2024

She started in the Narrative Medicine program at Columbia around Sayantani, and wanted to focus on incarceration as a healthcare issue, and has since engaged in work that attempts to decarcerate health care. She came from an activist family, with her mother being one of the first South Asian feminist activists in the country.

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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. Pain Manag Nurs.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Content Warning: This episode contains themes of violence, trauma-induced mental health concerns, and brief mentions of suicide. Multiple members of this episode describe challenging experiences with bridging understanding of their elder family members that may mirror dynamics within Asian-American communities more broadly.

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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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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As the 2025 legislative session swings into full gear, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has set its sights on a cadre of pivotal bills set to shape the healthcare landscape for years to come. The bill also addresses parental access to health information and parental rights.

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GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

It’s broader than just psychedelic assisted psychotherapy because there’s non-psychotherapists often involved, and it’s different from what we do in conventional mental health. Stacy: We’re using anxiety, baseline anxiety, as our screening. Eric: Yeah. Do they have to have distress, pain, depression?

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

It is a screening? 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. I guess FICA is not as cool as SKY.

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PEMBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Kit Carney and Dr. Kristen Humphrey discuss gun violence, its impact on our patients and their families, as well as practical tips on advocating for safe storage of firearms, and how we can support victims of violence. Firearms, physicians, families, and kids: Finding words that work. Pediatrics November 2012; 130 (5): e1416–e1423.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. They may have few family members, live alone. Ashwin Kotwal: Oh, wow.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We also explored several questions with them, including how to define trauma, its prevalence in older adults, the impact of past traumatic experiences, the potential triggers of trauma screening, and the application of trauma-informed principles in clinical practice. Mariah 25:13 Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, saa.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

And so it was really the patients, you know, the caregivers, the family members were the ones who were sort of the closest in observing. Later on, of course, we added health professionals to, you know, give us more information. And my community and about my family and those kinds of things. Our consultation. Marie 11:03 Yes.

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Dr. Michael Bazel

OCTOBER 7, 2024

While its exact cause is unknown, age, family history, and lifestyle factors play a role. The early stages of prostate cancer often have no symptoms, making screening crucial. Prevention Strategies: Regular Screenings: Men over 50 should discuss prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests with their doctor.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

Ongoing reports from patients about anti-Asian hate experiences Should clinicians screen for Anti-Asian hate? question used to screen for domestic violence. And also, you know, do they know of anyone, friends, family, coworkers who’s been attacked, were assaulted as a part of these incidents? Eric 31:19 Yeah.

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