Showing papers by "Roger G. Kathol published in 2007"
TL;DR: A review of the evidence shows that many forms of behavioral health services, particularly when delivered as part of primary medical care, can be central to such an improvement.
Abstract: The health care system in the United States, plagued by spiraling costs, unequal access, and uneven quality, can find its best chance of improving the health of the population through the improvement of behavioral health services. It is in this area that the largest potential payoff in reduction of morbidity and mortality and increased cost-effectiveness of care can be found. A review of the evidence shows that many forms of behavioral health services, particularly when delivered as part of primary medical care, can be central to such an improvement. The evidence supports many but not all behavioral health services when delivered in settings in which people will accept these services under particular administrative and fiscal structures.
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TL;DR: The consulting physicians of patients with delirium often incorrectly turn to past psychiatric diagnoses and/or are distracted by the presence of pain and, thus, fail to accurately diagnose deliria.
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TL;DR: In general, psychosocial problems emerged as ascendant in Japan, as compared with chemical-dependency difficulties among American patients, together with attempts by Japanese clinicians to protect collective mores by ascribing causation for disorders to the individual, rather than the societal conditions often invoked in the United States.
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