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Caring for Patients with Depression in Primary Care

Publication Year:
2022
Edition:
1st Ed.
Author:
David S. Kroll
Publisher:
Springer Nature
ISBN:
978-3-03-108494-2
Doody's Star Rating®:
Score:
87
Doody Core Title Score:
  • 2.07 (Family Medicine)
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Depression is the leading cause of disability in the United States, and the traditional framework for managing depression within a psychiatry practice—i.e., a single psychiatrist treating a single patient for up to an hour per week—comes up painfully short at the level of serving the population even if it can be highly effective for individuals.
At the same time, the non-systematic way in which most patients identify the need to see a specialty provider in behavioral health leaves many stranded, regardless of how complex their needs are. Primary care is now often considered the “de facto mental health system” in the United States, and primary care providers have been charged with the impossible task of making up for the dearth of psychiatric specialty providers and somehow correcting the many inequities in access to care that remain.
Primary care providers shouldn’t have to do this alone. Help can come in many forms, of course, and some primary care practices are lucky enough to have a consulting psychiatrist on-site, available to answer any questions that come up and see patients directly when they need an expert opinion. This is exactly what David S Kroll, MD, an Associate Vice Chair in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, doe
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OvidSP
Publisher:
Springer Nature
Product Type:
Book
Author:
David S. Kroll
ISBN:
978-3-03-108494-2
Specialty:
  • Psychology
  • Health Professions
  • Primary Care/Family Medicine/General Practice
  • Physician Assistant
  • Medical Assisting
  • Psychiatry
Language:
English
Edition:
1st Ed.
Pages:
113
Publication Year:
2022
Doody's Star Rating®:
Score:
87
Doody Core Title Score:
  • 2.07 (Family Medicine)

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