Background: As a result of managed care mandates for primary care and the growing
community presence of the 6 million mentally handicapped persons in the United States …

In their core curriculum guidelines, the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine has
recognized the importance of training family physicians in caring for persons with mental …

PREVIEW Providing primary care for adult patients with mental retardation taxes the
medical, emotional, and financial resources of our society. Advanced planning and …

BACKGROUND. There is a national trend to deinstitutionalize mentally retarded adults,
placing them in commu nity residential settings. As a result, community-based primary care …

Approximately three-quarters of prescriptions for psychotropic medications are written by
non-psychiatric physicians, as indicated by data from retail pharmacies within the USA over …

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether the mental health component of the family medicine
residency program at Memorial University of Newfoundland, which contains no formal …

More than 50 percent of the chronically mentally ill receive their medical, psychi atric, and
social support services from primary care physicians in the general health sector. Despite …

This study examined the perceptions of general psychiatry residents about the utility of
specialized training that they received on an inpatient unit for patients with mental …

Family physicians provide care for about one-third of the children and adolescents in the
United States, many of whom present with psychological concerns. Family physicians often …

Background: The American Board of Family Practice (ABFP) and the American Board of
Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) have jointly established their guidelines for a combined …