2012 NPCC Finalist Steven Kim – Touro Univeristy (California) – The 2012 APhA National Patient Counseling Competition (NPCC) finalist Steven Kim is from Touro University (California). The NPCC was conducted at the APhA An…

 

Families First integrates physical, behavioral health care

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"About 30 percent of all doctors' visits don't have a biological cause," said Peter Fifield, a licensed mental health counselor at Families First. "Many of our patients are stressed and this can cause physical symptoms." He said more than 50 percent of …
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Doctors Asked to Counsel Teens About the Dangers of Smoking

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The recommendation, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, that primary-care physicians start counseling younger patients about tobacco updates the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) advice from 2003. At that time, the …
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What's Khloe Kardashian to Do About Her Drug Addicted Husband?

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FOTF said the obejective of the intervention should be to "persuade your spouse to agree to a program of in-patient treatment." Once the spouse agrees to pursue treatment, FOTF recommended that couples work with a drug counselor to create follow up plan.
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