Highlights of an evidence-based review offer practical guidance for effective depression screening and assessment strategies for primary care physicians.
Suicide Prevention in Primary Care: A Family Physician on Screening, Risk, and Follow-Up
Suicide prevention falls squarely in the purview of primary care practitioners, says family physician Teresa Lovins, MD. She reviews an intervention with remarkable results.
Distress Signals: How to Help a Clinician Colleague in Need
"Primary Viewpoints," a podcast from Patient Care Online, brings you an exclusive interview with Rebekah Bernard, MD, a family physician and national speaker on physician wellness.
One in Three Cases of Dementia May be Attributable to Hearing Loss: Population-Based Study
Interventions to protect or improve auditory health across the lifespan could be a cost-effective means of slowing the rapid rise of dementia in the US, authors wrote.
Primary Viewpoints Episode 19: Mobile Health Technology for Chronic Pain Management
"Primary Viewpoints," a podcast from Patient Care Online, brings you an exclusive interview with Lynn Webster, MD, past president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.
FDA Grants First-in-Class Marketing Authorization for Digital Therapeutic in Episodic Migraine Prevention
CT-132 is a 12-week app-based intervention that uses validated behavioral techniques to modulate labile brain circuitry involved in migraine, according to Click Therapeutics.
Emergency Care for Cannabis Use Associated with Increased Risk for Dementia in Adults: Canadian Population Study
Adults with a cannabis-related acute care visit or hospitalization were at 23% and 72% greater risk of a new dementia diagnosis within 5 years, a new study finds.