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Increasing Access To Community Support Groups For Patients With Mental Health Needs: A Guide For Primary Care Physicians, Daniel Haddad
Increasing Access To Community Support Groups For Patients With Mental Health Needs: A Guide For Primary Care Physicians, Daniel Haddad
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A large percentage of patients seen by primary care physicians suffer from mental health afflictions that are requiring increasingly more time and resources to treat. There is a lack of mental health providers to meet the needs of the community which result in 3-6 month waiting periods for patients to get an appointment with mental health providers. More mental health resources are needed to help family practitioners address this problem.