Search results for "Mental Health"
At least 1 year of antidepressant therapy for patients with anxiety appears to lower relapse risk
Discontinuation of antidepressants within a year increased the odds of relapse, and time to relapse was shorter when antidepressants were discontinued rather than continued.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/09/19/4.htm
19 Sep 2017
Become a Physician Ambassador to serve veterans
Physicians and clinicians can volunteer their time and skills to serve veterans as volunteers at a VA medical facility.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/06/6.htm
6 Jun 2017
Breaking barriers to buprenorphine
Despite heightened awareness of the opioid crisis, treatment still eludes many patients who are struggling with addiction.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/09/breaking-barriers-to-buprenorphine.htm
1 Sep 2018
Pushing toward gender equity in medicine
At the Women in Medicine Summit, held virtually last October, experts offered strategies to help support women in medicine during the pandemic and beyond.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/01/pushing-toward-gender-equity-in-medicine.htm
1 Jan 2021
Those lost
A physician recounts colleagues she lost to physician suicide in her seven-year career as an attending hospitalist physician.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/09/those-lost.htm
1 Sep 2019
Addressing the gut-brain connection in IBS
While psychotherapies are effective treatments for some digestive disorders, stigma around both functional gut disorders and mental health diagnoses limits uptake, both for physicians and patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/09/addressing-the-gut-brain-connection-in-ibs.htm
1 Sep 2019
Catch Parkinson's early for better support
Comanaging patients with Parkinson's disease involves a back-and-forth relationship between the primary care physician and the neurologist over the course of a slow but progressive disease.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/04/catch-parkinsons-early-for-better-support.htm
1 Apr 2020
Inside CPT and RUC: How a code becomes a code
ACP's input into the determination of relative value units (RVUs) for codes has resulted in several wins for primary care physicians over the past few years.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/04/inside-cpt-and-ruc-how-a-code-becomes-a-code.htm
1 Apr 2022
Chapter advocacy key to advancing ACP's priorities
ACP's legislative staff are following four key court cases on affirmative action, gun violence, climate change, and women's reproductive health care rights.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/06/chapter-advocacy-key-to-advancing-acps-priorities.htm
1 Jun 2022
Congress passes historic health, climate change legislation
The Inflation Reduction Act allows Medicare to negotiate some prescription drug prices for the first time and includes provisions for climate change.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/10/congress-passes-historic-health-climate-change-legislation.htm
1 Oct 2022