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Clinical Articles / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC October 2019
... cause of chronic illness in Canada. In 2016 one in five people were affected by a mental illness, nearly twice the ... psychologist typically falls under the private system for people with mild-to-moderate symptoms, making cost a major ... burden of stigma concerning mental health conditions. Many people with mental health conditions describe this stigma as ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erika Ono, MSW, RSW April 2019
... and her parents. She is nonverbal and gets very upset if people talk about her in her presence. Harpreet is only ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) November 2019
... steps Since the Neolithic Revolution 12 000 years ago, people have sought to make lasting alterations to the ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi May 2019
... patients often look to their GP for care. In fact, 80% of people with mental health issues receive care in the primary ... cases of financial hardship). Each cohort accepts up to 15 people, and sessions run between 90 and 120 minutes. The ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC June 2019
... person with obesity: healthy, active, motivated? For many people these are not the words that come to mind. Despite ... unchecked, and in many cases, institutionalized. Many people continue to hold feelings of disapproval toward people with obesity, leading to unfair judgment and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gordon J.D. Cochrane, Ed. D., R. Psych. June 2019
... partner in a life-enhancing relationship as well. What people in loving primary relationships have in common is an ... their primary relationship comes first. High-performing people in many fields have to deal with the demands, time ... are created by two self-aware, emotionally healthy people. Successful physicians who want such a relationship ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2019
... not a normal part of aging. The first support group for people with dementia was not formed until 1993, and it was ... Only in the past few years have memoirs been written by people with dementia. This pattern is a symptom of the stigma ... to learn from qualitative studies about the experience of people actually living with dementia.  A meta-synthesis ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia Caddy, MD October 2018
... included primary care physicians, trainees, and people with opioid use disorder throughout BC. Based on the ... The needs of primary care physicians, trainees, and people with opioid use disorder were considered during ... included primary care physicians, trainees, and people with opioid use disorder throughout BC. Feedback was ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jacqueline Chang, MD, CCFP April 2018
... National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website,[ 8 ] people who want to maintain their weight loss, as well as people who want to lose a large amount of weight (more than ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... 2 , 3 ] Primary care physicians manage the majority of people living with diabetes, and more than 20% of a typical ... physician’s caseload will likely involve caring for people with either diabetes or prediabetes.[ 4 ] Not only is ... preferences and values are considered by consulting people with diabetes and reviewing the literature. Each ...