Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 29, 2023

Most patients who go to see a primary care doctor are concerned about improving their physical health. They want to live a long life free of chronic health problems that may cause pain, limit their activities, or cause complications that could land them in the hospital.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Mental health conditions have increasing prevalence, co-occurrence, and high management burden within primary care settings. Setting: De-identified EMR data from 1,574 primary care providers participating in the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN).

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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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting/Population studied/Intervention: A case management program (CMP) for people with complex needs was implemented in four primary care clinics of an urban area. However, partnerships between primary care clinics and community-based organizations would deserve consideration in further research.

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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.

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Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

These are the moments when you don’t have time to wait for an appointment with your primary care doctor, and the emergency room (ER) seems like overkill. That’s where urgent care comes in—a middle ground that’s convenient, affordable, and effective. What is Urgent Care?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

Benton) 13:08 Youth Suicide Crisis Discussion, “Ringing the Alarm” 20:10 Shift in Issue Framing in the Literature 24:31 The Network Begins with Primary Care 28:42 Diversifying your Outreach 30:54 Cultural Humility Speaker Biographies Dr. Tami Benton, MD , is the Frederick Allen Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: Determine referral patterns from primary care (PC) to integrated behavioral health (BH) for populations with and without multiple CCs; Identify post-referral treatment initiation patterns for integrated BH among patients with and without CCs. 8% (n= 1,146) were ordered for medical condition management.

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Noreta Family Medicine

JANUARY 6, 2025

Don’t forget about your mental health. These are good reasons to make an appointment with your primary care doctor. Elements of diet, exercise, sleep and mental health are controllable, so focus on those, instead of the pounds on the scale! Visit your primary care doctor!

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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. This rapport can lead to better communication, trust, and a more effective healthcare partnership.

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BMJ

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In this article a group of family practitioners from around the world, members of the World Organisation of Family Medicine’s (WONCA) Working Party for Mental Health, share insights into how doctors and other health professionals can look after ourselves and each other during this time.

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PEMBlog

MAY 26, 2023

It provides succinct recommendations on when to call 911, seek care in the Emergency Department or Urgent Care, when to ask the advice of your primary care provider, and even when virtual urgent care visits are appropriate. Deciding where to go for emergency or urgent medical care is not always easy.

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Vida Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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. Poor sleep has profound effects on your metabolism, cardiovascular system, and mental health. but adequate restful sleep is essential for wellbeing. Sound like you. There are over 1.5

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Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

What is primary care? Part 2 Here are some frequently asked questions I get as a Primary Care Provider. As the name suggests, a family physician can take care of your entire family – from the day of your birth (even before!) Don’t worry; HIPAA laws protect your privacy and medical information.

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

For many individuals, engaging in physical therapy can significantly alter their overall quality of life, enhancing physical capabilities, boosting mental health, and reducing the risk of future injuries. Improves Mental Health In addition to physical advantages, physical therapy plays a crucial role in mental health.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Thats my main take-home point after learning from our three guests today when talking about trauma-informed care, an approach that highlights key principles including safety, trustworthiness, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural sensitivity. She is a guest host and she’s a palliative care social worker.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. I know we’re talking about primary palliative care interventions. Eric: And just real quick, how often were they working with the palliative care specialist? David: Yes.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

And it’s with this information from the geriatric assessment that we can really create interventions, and so that’s something that Alex and I strongly believe that we should move forward with. So falls, mobility concerns, polypharmacy, comorbidities, nutrition, social support, and mental health.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

What is unique about the practice of palliative care for people experiencing homelessness? We discuss the principles of harm reduction, social determinants of health, and trauma informed care. How are the health systems designed or not designed to meet the needs of people experiencing homelessness?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. But the cancer specific databases just don’t have this information. It’s opening this stock box of, all of a sudden, now what do I do with this information? Katie: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Jace 29:36 We see higher rates of mental health challenges that I think are due to overcoming adversity. And then if, let’s say they plan to switch to you as their primary care provider, then there are a few steps that you can take. So where I would put it is stress. Eric 29:36 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. And so my first introduction to the field came with my first job in 1982, when I went to the Cambridge Hospital to do primary care and internal medicine.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

So they can be referred by their primary care doctor or to us. You can choose comfort-focused care or you can choose to continue chemotherapy. It’s like a long, I don’t know, almost like a quarter-mile centipede with legs, and the legs are the housing units, the medical units, inpatient mental health.

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Vida Family Medicine

MARCH 1, 2023

If you or someone you love is suffering, I hope that this information will help you find the resources you need to find recovery. Eating disorders are considered mental health conditions but they affect every aspect of a person's health. Eating disorders affect people of all ages, races, and genders.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

We met the health legislative aides from the offices of Senator Susan Collins, Senator Angus King, and Representative Chellie Pingree. The AAFP has long made clear that patients must be able to depend on their physicians to help them in making critical decisions about their health. Read more in the AAFP’s statement.

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GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

So Eric Cassell, for folks who don’t know, was a primary care physician. But really was a seminal pioneering figure in the field of bioethics, palliative care, et cetera. Every time you experience pain, it is informed by so many different things. We’ve seen the stigma associated with mental health.

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Physicians News Digest

APRIL 17, 2025

Kahle said that includes providing resources to participants for whom sharing experiences of intimate partner violence may cause trauma or mental health distress. Additional information on the recipients, such as location and business type, came from the USAspending.gov Award Data Archive. There were 222 U.S.

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