Search results for "Mental health"
New year, new chances to advocate for physicians, patients
ACP played an essential role in several important health policy wins for physicians and their patients in 2022.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/01/new-year-new-chances-to-advocate-for-physicians-patients.htm
1 Jan 2023
Narrative medicine seeks the story behind the illness
Narrative medicine puts the humanities and the arts in the service of health care not just to cure patients, but to make sure they are not all alone in their illness.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/10/narrative-medicine-seeks-the-story-behind-the-illness.htm
1 Oct 2020
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
Web-based therapy may help interns with suicidal ideation
Resident physicians are at high risk for depression, and training can make the situation much worse. In an effort to prevent suicidal ideation among interns, researchers tested a Web-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) intervention.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/03/success.htm
1 Mar 2016
Label change for pioglitazone-containing medications
This column reviews a label change for medicine that contain pioglitazone and a new indication for empagliflozin.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/02/fda.htm
1 Feb 2017
Facing depression in medical residency
Depression can be prevalent during medical residency, with long hours and social deprivation as contributing factors. Concerningly, the farther residents are into their training, the more depression rates rise. Some programs are delving into their trainees' psychological well-being.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/04/depression.htm
1 Apr 2016
Communication of individual risk factors to patients shows small potential for preventing major depression
Adult primary care patients in Spain received usual care or an intervention in which the primary care clinician communicated individual risk for depression, then constructed a tailored bio-psycho-family-social intervention and provided a booklet with strategies for avoiding depression.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/29/5.htm
29 Mar 2016
Warning on steroids; approval for soft-tissue sarcoma drug
This column reviews a warning on testosterone and other anabolic androgenic steroids and approval of a new drug to treat certain adults with soft-tissue sarcoma.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/01/fda-update.htm
1 Jan 2017
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
Post-war, vets face new battle with PTSD
While the military screens soldiers returning from combat, post-traumatic stress disorder can show up months or years after, when the person may have left the military health system and returned to private care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/ptsd.htm
1 Sep 2008