Increasing Access to Community Support Groups for Patients with Mental Health Needs: A Guide for Primary Care Physicians

Haddad, Daniel

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Increasing Access to Community Support Groups for Patients with Mental Health Needs: A Guide for Primary Care Physicians

Haddad, Daniel

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Abstract

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.