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Comparing Two Telehealth Approaches For Treating Psychiatric Disorders In Primary Care, Research Dissemination Committee, Maine, Usa Oct 2023

Comparing Two Telehealth Approaches For Treating Psychiatric Disorders In Primary Care, Research Dissemination Committee, Maine, Usa

REACH: Research Evidence-to-Action for Community Health

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are community clinics that provide primary care in rural and other underserved areas. FQHCs often don’t have enough mental health specialists to treat patients with complex mental health conditions.


Referral Patterns For Pediatric Sports-Related Concussion In One New England Health Care System, Joseph Benert, Amy Haskins Phd, Christina T. Holt, Krystian Bigosinski Aug 2023

Referral Patterns For Pediatric Sports-Related Concussion In One New England Health Care System, Joseph Benert, Amy Haskins Phd, Christina T. Holt, Krystian Bigosinski

Journal of Maine Medical Center

Introduction: Patients with concussion may benefit from care provided by professionals from multiple disciplines based on the constellation of symptoms being reported. This study analyzed referral patterns from primary care and sports medicine clinicians for pediatric patients with sports-related concussion in one health care system.

Methods: A retrospective chart review identified referrals placed to physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, optometry, psychology, neuropsychology, audiology, neurology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, psychiatry, and sports medicine for pediatric patients with sports-related concussion. These patients were evaluated at MaineHealth family medicine, internal medicine/pediatrics, pediatrics, and sports medicine clinics in southern Maine between February 2019 and June …


Covid-19 And Depression And Anxiety Screening In Primary Care, Elizabeth Bernier, Abrey Feliccia, Leah Wood, Kate Herlihy, Kristen A. Woodberry May 2023

Covid-19 And Depression And Anxiety Screening In Primary Care, Elizabeth Bernier, Abrey Feliccia, Leah Wood, Kate Herlihy, Kristen A. Woodberry

Costas T. Lambrew Research Retreat 2023

Introduction:

• The COVID-19 pandemic had a severe effect on mental health, heightening the prevalence and severity of anxiety and depression amongst the general population in rural and non-rural areas, particularly youth.

• Most reports draw from available data from mental health referrals, hospitalizations, suicides, and other incident data

• There is limited longitudinal information from general population samples using standardized mental health assessments.