Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) is a model in which medical and behavioral health providers work together to provide whole person care, usually in primary care settings. Despite success in some community health centers and Federally Qualified Health Centers, IBH is not widely implemented in other settings.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Today we are going to talk about Illness scripts ! Define an illness script 2.- Describe the core components of an illness script 3.- Demonstrate the utility of an illness script in clinical reasoning 4.- Practice applying an illness script as a learning tool What is an Illness script? So let’s dive in!

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Illness Clinic Utilities Diagnosis 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We know little about how the impact of in-person CPD compares to that of online CPD. Objective: We compared the impact of in-person versus online CPD courses on doctors’ behavior change. Methods: A first group attended in-person courses. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a second group attended an online version of these courses.

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Education Illness IT 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.

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Illness Mental Health Individual Utilities 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increased focus on youth mental health and well-being. This study team co-created a photovoice survey of youth to better understand their perspectives and facilitate open conversations in the community to identify areas of opportunity to improve youth well-being.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 12, 2023

Psychiatric illnesses, such as schizophrenia and depression, affect nearly one in five adults in the United States and nearly half of patients diagnosed with a psychiatric illness also meet the criteria for a second. Their results are published in Nature Human Behavior.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Racial microaggressions (RMs) are behaviors and statements toward a person with or without the intention of expressing prejudice. RMs negatively impact mental health outcomes for minoritized people, including substance use.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Depression is a common disease in general practice, leading to an increased cardiovascular risk. The majority of patients with depression is treated by their General Practicioner (GP). In the Netherlands GPs are also responsible for cardiovascular risk management (CVRM), for which a guideline is made.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care (PC) practices that implement Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) can identify, reduce, and prevent problematic alcohol use that otherwise could go undetected. While screening and brief counseling in PC is considered best practice, it is not standard practice.

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Primary Care Screening Nurse Practitioner Referral 130

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

TUESDAY, June 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dozens of people in northeastern England have developed a rare and dangerous illness after receiving Botox injections, according to health officials in the U.K. The post Nearly 30 People in England Get Rare Illness After Botox first appeared on Physician's Weekly. All rights reserved.

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Illness Healthcare Professional Consulting Healthcare 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention/Instrument: n/a Outcome Measures: Descriptions of patient symptoms and impacts of symptoms on pre-illness lifestyle (including impacts on household relationships, work, friendships, hobbies, and long-term goals). brain fog, shortness of breath, fatigue), or a worsening of previous illnesses (i.e.,

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Primary Care Patients Relationship Illness 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Black and Latino physicians in the US continue to experience racial discrimination in the workplace.There is paucity of data exploring whether the time spent discussing these experiences varies by the physician’s race/ethnicity.

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Illness Healthcare Patients IT 130

Mere Mortal MD

MAY 25, 2025

Often these patients get so ill at the acute hospital they develop multi-system organ failure, meaning that every organ was damaged in the process of their disease. How severe is their critical illness myopathy or polyneuropathy? How long this process takes depends upon so many factors: how long was the patient hospitalized?

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Hospital Illness Patients IT 204

NPR Health

JANUARY 8, 2025

The number of people catching the flu is skyrocketing, while COVID-19, RSV and other respiratory viral illnesses are also rising. The annual winter respiratory virus season is in full force. Image credit: Nam Y.

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Illness 111

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Despite primary care providers’ (PCPs) ability to effectively treat depression, encouraging individuals to seek and return to treatment is challenging. As a behavioral strategy, mental contrasting and implementation intentions (MCII) use imagery to create action plans to overcome barriers to achieve goals.

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PCP PCP Illness Primary Care 130

Hitchcock Family Medicine

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Childhood is a time of growth, exploration, and, unfortunately, illness. As children’s immune systems develop, they are more susceptible to a range of common illnesses. From respiratory concerns to skin issues, family care physicians offer comprehensive support to manage illnesses and promote recovery.

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Family Care Physician Illness Families Family 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Given limited critical care resources and an aging population, early interventions to prevent critical illness are vital. In this interdisciplinary collaboration, primary care and critical care clinician researchers came together with informatics and implementation experts to design this community-based pilot project.

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Illness Electronics Primary Care Nurse Practitioner 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: One of the most common primary care illnesses is acute rhinosinusitis (ARS). Guidelines currently suggest treating ARS with antibiotics when persistent symptoms or double sickening occur. Objective: To identify the factors associated with progression from upper respiratory infection to ARS.

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Telemedicine Primary Care Emergency Room Patient-Centered 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: A large team of family medicine, palliative, and end-of-life care clinicians, researchers, and educators from across Canada have collaborated to develop and pilot an innovative serious illness educational program called "All providers: Better Communication Skills (ABCs) Program."

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Family Physician Illness Families Family 130

Colorado Academy of Family Physicians

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Walt Larimore, MD This respiratory illness season is a busy one for immunization recommendations and guidelines. In addition to his frequent contributions and regular column in Colorado FP, Dr. Walt Larimore has compiled even more information and CME questions to support your learning and patient care. Keep an eye out for his article in the.

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Vaccination Family Physician Illness Families 130

Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Influenza vaccine is effective for preventing severe influenza illness among children, according to a study published online Dec. 27 in JAMA Network Open.

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Illness Vaccination 97

NPR Health - Shots

MARCH 31, 2023

Democratic leaders in California and Oregon are becoming more open to using involuntary psychiatric commitment to combat homelessness, drug abuse and untreated mental illness. Image credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Illness 111

Medical Xpress

MAY 2, 2023

looking into a suicide prevention tool have published a paper titled "Predicting suicide risk in 137,112 people with severe mental illness in Finland: external validation of the Oxford Mental Illness and Suicide tool (OxMIS)" in the journal Translational Psychiatry. Researchers at the University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, U.K.,

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Illness Utilities Hospital IT 98

NPR Health

JUNE 23, 2025

more than a dozen different disease-causing agents, including toxins, allergens, bacteria, parasites and viruses.'/> Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live. Here's what to know to protect yourself. Image credit: Patrick Pleul/dpa/picture alliance)

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Illness 95

Edge Family Medicine

JUNE 23, 2025

Dehydration can worsen sun-related illnesses—stay ahead by sipping all day. Supporting Your Summer Health: Beyond Sun Safety Familiarize yourself with heat illness symptoms , such as dizziness or cramps; seek medical attention at the first sign. Stay Hydrated Heat + sun exposure increases dehydration risk.

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Family Medicine DO Appointment Families 130

NPR Health

MARCH 21, 2025

The Strongest Heart , is a book she wished she could have read when she was growing up and coping with her father's mental illness.'/> Saadia Faruqi, author of the popular Yasmin book series, has written a new book, The Strongest Heart , that mirrors her own life growing up with a father who likely had undiagnosed schizophrenia.

Illness 104

Illness 104

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

The genetic disorder Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) can result in a range of illnesses, of which chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD ) is one of the most common. PROMs specific to AATD are needed to better address AATD symptoms and treatment burdens, and to guide the development of new treatments.

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Illness Physicals Patients Healthcare 95

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Outcome Measures: Prevalence estimates for 20 health conditions that address mental illness, chronic physical health conditions, substance use disorder, maternal and child health, and firearm injury. Summary information is generated at each site and then centrally combined and analyzed. Results: HTAC generated results for 4.6

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Community Healthcare Electronics Illness 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Participants were enrolled at 1-21 days of illness and followed via daily symptom survey. Additional data will be presented on the substance use and illness trajectories of the pilot study. Objective: To evaluate the association between substance use and duration of acute sinusitis symptoms. For illicit drug use, in the RAN group 7.0%

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Clinic Illness Primary Care Provider 130

Family Physicians of Cedar Rapids

JUNE 23, 2025

During hot and humid days, it’s not uncommon to experience headaches, but some might be warning signs of more serious heat-related illness.

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Family Physician Illness Physicals Families 104

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Chronic illness is at a record high in society. Lifestyle medicine programs have demonstrated a positive impact in managing these diseases but are poorly implemented and unavailable in rural communities. Lifestyle medicine involves ongoing engagement with a multidisciplinary team to support health-improving lifestyle changes.

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Chronic Disease Community Hypertension Physicals 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention: We designed an hour-long student-led workshop to present to event attendees, focusing on narrative structures, their powerful influence on the illness experience, and the concept of narrative humility. Population Studied: Participants were mainly medical students, as well as residents and clinicians.

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Education Medical Medical Student Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results: Preliminary analyses revealed the following overarching themes: 1) diabetes, mental health and mental health conditions or challenges, and HRSNs contribute to a cycle of diabetes distress (i.e.,

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Mental Health Diabetes Relationship Primary Care 130

NPR Health - Shots

MARCH 29, 2023

The state is planning "Care Court" pilot programs to help people with severe mental illness. A judge can order a treatment plan that counties must fund. Disability rights groups have sued to stop it. Image credit: Eric Westervelt/NPR)

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Illness Mental Health Treatment Plan IT 97

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset PWH were recruited using convenience sampling at the Chronic Viral Illness Service (CVIS), McGill University Health Centre and HIV community centres (REZO, AIDS Community Care Montreal) in Montreal, Canada. Population People with HIV.

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Education Community Illness Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Together with ten patients who have experience managing chronic illness or life-limiting conditions, PERC encourages and supports the meaningful engagement of patients as partners in PC research. Patient Expertise in Research Collaboration (PERC) – primary health care (PHC) is a centre supported by the Ontario SPOR Support Unit.

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Primary Care Patients Community Illness 130

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

At Mesa Family Physicians, we believe that preventing illness is always better than treating it. Understanding Preventive Health Services: The Foundation of Wellness Preventive health services encompass medical care specifically designed to prevent illnesses, detect conditions early, and promote overall wellness.

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