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Mental health care in family medicine
The American Academy of Family Physicians on making mental health part of everyday primary care.
American Academy of Family Physicians6 min readSelected and edited by Dean ShabanAdded
This is the American Academy of Family Physicians' policy on the mental health care family doctors should be able to provide.
It is written for clinicians and policymakers, but it also shows patients what they can reasonably ask of their own doctor.
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