Search results for "Mental Health"
Alcohol treatment may be shifting to primary care
This issue covers topics such as the uptick of alcohol misuse treatment in primary care, the mind-body connection between mental health and heart disease, and ways in which patients can educate each other more effectively about lifestyle maintenance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2015/10/editors.htm
1 Oct 2015
USPSTF issues draft recommending screening for depression in all adults
Screening should be implemented with “adequate systems in place to ensure accurate diagnosis, effective treatment, and appropriate followup.”
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/04/2.htm
4 Aug 2015
Maximizing recovery after cardiac events
Heart attack survivors may do quite well after discharge, only to face difficulties returning to work, continuing rehabilitation, or other barriers to recovery.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/10/maximizing-recovery-after-cardiac-events.htm
1 Oct 2018
Guidelines call for depression screening
Guidelines call for internists to screen for depression, but only if they can offer support once they make a diagnosis. Internists who've already achieved this describe how they did so, and how it's benefited their patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/03/depression.htm
1 Mar 2010
The next issue of ACP Internist is online and coming to your mailbox
The January issue of ACP Internist includes stories on politics and medicine and antidepressants in primary care, as well as a new column on framing risk and benefits of treatments.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/01/10/8.htm
10 Jan 2012
ACP supports National Physician Suicide Awareness Day on Sept. 17
In a collaborative effort with ACP and other medical organizations, the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine calls on individuals, residency programs, health care organizations, and national groups to help spread awareness about the issue of physician suicide.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/09/13/5.htm
13 Sep 2022
Peers offer welcome, ongoing support
In recent years, hospitals and other medical groups have begun to embrace peer support programs as more informal pathways for physicians to get help with burnout and related issues.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/01/peers-offer-welcome-ongoing-support.htm
1 Jan 2021
Silent epidemic: Alcohol and preventable death, despair
Alcohol use disorder is often linked to poverty, unemployment, social isolation, and other social determinants of health, and medicine must address these underlying factors to genuinely reduce the risks associated with alcohol.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/07/silent-epidemic-alcohol-and-preventable-death-despair.htm
1 Jul 2023
Portal-based population health screening appears effective for depression
Patients who received emails inviting them to complete an online screener via a patient portal were more likely to be screened for depression and had a higher rate of positive screens than those who received usual care, a single-center study found.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/09/27/2.htm
27 Sep 2022
Psychological, disparate effects of the pandemic detailed by recent research
Mental health problems were prevalent among U.S. adults in June, obesity is strongly associated with mortality from COVID-19, and an inactivated vaccine has shown promise in a phase 1/2 Chinese trial.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/08/18/1.htm
18 Aug 2020