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Clinical Articles / BY: Nicola Y. Edwards, MHA January/February 2023
... the opioid crisis and provide effective intervention. Many people who die of opioid overdose have recently interacted ... an opportunity for intervention. In one analysis, 77% of people had contact with the health care system in the year ... ( P = .0006). Discussion Our results indicate that people who present with an opioid overdose have frequently ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Anton R. Miller, MBChB, FRCPC June 2023
... a centralized web-based resource primarily for the use of people engaged in navigational support work. Navigators want ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hannah Gibson, MBChB May 2023
... were recorded among those experiencing homelessness.[ 5 ] People who are homeless also experience low levels of ... 11 ] and showed that overall health care expenditures for people who had been homeless were significantly lower after ... supportive housing as “an effective intervention for people with complex health and social needs . . . ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elisabeth Baerg Hall, MD, CCFP, FRCPC November 2023
... referral is recommended. The prevalence of ADHD in people with bipolar disorder can be more than 20%.[ 21 ] ... uncomplicated ADHD in their adult patients.[ 29 ] Summary People with ADHD have unique strengths, such as increased ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2023
... settler on the territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking people in Victoria, where I’ve spent the last year, and ... if not a lifetime.” There are lots of predictors of why people do rural medicine; for me, it was a combination of ... generalism but also a ton to do with being connected to people, which I’ve always really enjoyed. Is there a story ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Ng, MD, CCFP June 2023
... Service Pilot Project and compares this with the number of people in BC who described each language as their only mother ... 3.6% (n = 838). For all of BC, the number of calls per 100 people with limited English proficiency was 15.1. Vancouver had 46.9 calls per 100 people with limited English proficiency, followed by Nanaimo ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP May 2023
... when clinically advantageous. Children, older adults, and people with disabilities may not have the inspiratory flows ...
MDs To Be / BY: Larissa Steidle, MD November 2023
... though less egregious, situations, where the care of people assigned female at birth is compromised. Experiences ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brendan Tao, BHSc March 2023
... lifetime.[ 1 ] However, psychosis is far more common among people who use drugs, including 10% of cannabinoid users, ... services in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people who use drugs returned to or escalated their substance ... increasing rates of substance use, especially stimulants, people who use drugs are increasingly at risk for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia M. Massel, MD June 2023
... and additive fears . . . are pretty distressing for people.” Recommendations Health care providers need ... provided by the BC SUPPORT (British Columbia Support for People and Patient-Oriented Research and Trials) Unit. This ...