Take the time to address patient's psychosocial needs during exam Family physicians have all the skills and abilities they need to efficiently and effectively deal with their patients' psychosocial needs. Physicians tend to focus their attention on diseases and conditions, such as coronary heart disease, cancer, or AIDS, and fail to recognize mood disorders and other psychiatric problems, Dr. Lieberman said. Yet psychiatric disorders are more easily and effectively treated than most medical disorders.
Diseases are independent, they can be categorized, and each disease has a cause.
We operate in an acute care system and tend to separate the mind from the body. Addressing psychological problems is something we can do better. Dr. Stuart continued the presentation by noting that family physicians often deal with crisis intervention. You need to be able to help your patients take advantage of this opportunity for change. She noted that stress is a syndrome that results from having to adapt to demands from internal and external environments.