Mental Health Screening in the Age of Telehealth The age of telehealth is upon us. Telehealth, which encompasses the delivery of medical and mental health assessment and treatment, can be administered via telephone, live video conferencing, and other digital...
Increased Mental Health Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic The year 2020 has been unlike any other. The ongoing global pandemic has threatened public health and safety, paralyzed the economy, killed hundreds of thousands of Americans (and more than one million...
The Importance of Screening for Mental Health Symptoms in the Primary Care Setting Mental health problems affect approximately 45 million adults in the United States alone1, with more than 25% of the population afflicted with some form of mental illness at any given...
Looking to the Future of Comorbid Mental Health Screening Comorbid Mental Health Screening There are many mental health screening tools, such as the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), but are these tools as...
The biggest cause of frustration for both doctors and patients may really be a treatable mental health condition We have all had occasional aches and pains we can’t explain, but for those with a somatic symptom disorder (SSD), the pains can cause significant...
More than 9.2 Million adults have co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders in the US When someone is diagnosed with one mental health condition there is a 50% chance they are actually suffering from 2 or more. One common secondary mental health...
