Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

MAY 1, 2025

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. What is Mental Health? What is the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health?

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Barton Associates

MAY 1, 2025

Behavioral health needs have climbed in the United States over the past decade—between the opioid epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more Americans are dealing with mental health challenges. adults had a mental illness in 2023, and about half (46%) of them did not get any treatment.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

76% (379/499) of participants expressed having a diagnosed or undiagnosed serious mental health problem, such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. Conclusions There is a substantial rate of co-occurring houselessness and mental illness among PWUD in central Edmonton.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 29, 2023

However, one large factor in physical health that patients often ignore is mental health. Mental health and physical health are completely intertwined. We cannot truly make an impact on a person's long term physical health without also addressing mental health.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Boutique clinics were more likely to see patients for musculoskeletal, dermatologic, and infectious disease illnesses. Comparatively, physicians in general practice were more likely to see patients for mental health, chronic disease, and preventive care.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 15, 2023

Mental health stigma refers to the negative attitudes, beliefs and misconceptions that society holds about people with mental illness. Despite considerable advances in awareness and understanding, mental health stigma is still pervasive in Australia.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

At Mesa Family Physicians, we believe that understanding why it’s important to take care of your body isn’t just about preventing illness—it’s about creating the foundation for a fulfilling, energetic life. The Connection Between Physical and Mental Health Why should you take care of your body and mental health together?

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Early-life adversity—such as poverty, illness or family conflict—has long been linked to mental health difficulties and poorer cognitive functioning as children grow up. But how these factors interact and evolve over time has so far been unknown.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

We are in the midst of a staggering mental health crisis. Thousands of children and adolescents spend days at time in Emergency Departments waiting for definitive mental health disposition. Leyenaar; Pediatric Mental Health Boarding. Zima; Follow-up After Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Visits.

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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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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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The authors aimed to determine these approaches and barriers to better understand the scope of mental health delivery from the perspective of psychiatrists working in the capital city of Accra. Understanding these challenges can inform interventions and policies to improve mental health care delivery in the country.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 17, 2023

With scarce clinical resources unable to keep pace with elevated rates of mental illness, technological solutions could help decrease waitlists and disparities in access to therapy. Recent advances in artificial intelligence have fueled interest in the use of chatbots and virtual assistants for mental health treatment.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 17, 2023

Sacramento and Solano counties are in a standoff with the state over mental health coverage for a portion of Medicaid patients in those counties—a dispute that threatens to disrupt care for nearly 50,000 low-income residents receiving treatment for severe mental illness.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Of the 11 positive screens, 3 (27%) had substance use addressed by providers; 5 (45%) had mental health issues addressed without discussing substance use; 3 (27%) received neither mental health nor substance use assessments. No patients were referred to the SUD Clinic.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Adolescents (young people aged between 10 and 24) are particularly vulnerable to developing mental health disorders. These mental illnesses that start in adolescence can then continue well into adulthood. Essentially this is because our brains are not fully developed until the end of adolescence.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Up to 30% of patients seen in primary care have a co-occurring mental health or substance use issue. Integrating mental and behavioral health with primary care may increase access, improve outcomes, and decrease overall health care costs.

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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. The first few chapters discuss the problems with mental health care in the U.S.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 17, 2023

A study led by the University of Aberdeen has found that workers who rely on performance-related pay (PRP) are at higher risk of chronic stress, heart disease and poor mental health.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 9, 2022

For years, American cities and towns have struggled with how to address those living on their streets who suffer from mental illness but refuse treatment.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

88% (n= 11,483) of BH referrals were created for the management of a mental health condition. Patients with a BH referral and no CCs were younger on average (38 years) compared to those with at least 1 CC (52 years) and this difference was statistically significant at p< 0.001.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Intuitively, people commonly believe that making music is good for their mental health. Music therapies also rely on a positive influence of music on mental health problems. However, compared to musically inactive people, musicians more often seem to suffer from depression and anxiety disorders.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 14, 2023

The Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment (AIHTA) has analyzed international care models and pathways as well as the situation in Austria with regard to perinatal mental health.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Patients starting a new period of prescription opioid use lasting 30-90 days were recruited from Saint Louis University’s academic medical practice and Henry Ford Health System to a study of opioid use and mental health.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 27, 2023

Families of those with serious mental health issues feel stigmatized and alone, say York University researchers in a new study.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The program comprises a broad range of mental health intervention strategies and wellness-focused approaches in a nondirective toolkit aimed at building self-management skills. Intervention: We implemented a SMS program for anxiety developed by the Relief organization in Québec (Canada), a guided 10-week 2.5-h

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Medical Xpress

MAY 8, 2023

Adults in their 20s and 30s with mental disorders have an up to three-fold elevated likelihood of a heart attack or stroke, according to a study in more than 6.5 One in every eight of the 20-to-39-year-old participants had some kind of mental illness including depression, anxiety and insomnia.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 14, 2023

More than a third of Michigan adults who have had COVID-19 report being treated badly due to their infection, say University of Michigan researchers.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

Physicians can often literally meet patients where they are and address the broader social determinants of health, such as housing, education, and income, which significantly impact patient well-being and illness prevention. Connect patients with local resources such as food banks, housing assistance, and mental health services.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Young Swiss women and girls were hospitalized at an "unprecedented" rate last year for mental health issues, the national statistics office said Monday, indicating the pandemic took a particularly heavy toll on this group.

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Dr Chatterjee

MAY 8, 2025

Today’s clip is from episode 456 of the podcast with world-renowned psychologist and author of the best-selling book ‘The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness’, Jonathan Haidt.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The image-based social media app Instagram has come under repeated and sustained attacks over the negative mental-health effects it has on its users, in particular young women and girls, over the past few years. And it can in some instances be beneficial to women with mental-health issues, including eating disorders and anxiety.

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NPR Health - Shots

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

It explores the lives of six people with mental illness. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with journalist Rachel Aviv about her book, "Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories that Make Us."

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East Cary Family Physicians

JULY 26, 2023

Stress Management and Mental Health Check-ins: Health check-ups are not just about physical health. Utilize health check-ups as an opportunity to discuss any stress, anxiety, or emotional struggles you may be facing. Take the first step today and prioritize regular health check-ups.

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Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

We'll also touch on women’s health , mental health , and how to get the most out of your visit. Urgent Care for Mental Health: Immediate Help When You Need It Mental health is just as important as physical health, and urgent care centers are increasingly recognizing this. What is Urgent Care?

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StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Whether it be for chronic pain, for chronic illness, for companionship, simply to have a place to hang out for a few hours, or to get some food, we are often inundated with these patients at the most inopportune times. One of the largest problems in our ER, it seems, is that there is a subset of patients who visit us on a routine basis.

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