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Primary Care Provider

Taking care of the mental health care needs of your patients can be overwhelming. PsychU understands the complexity of care your patients need and the challenges you may face addressing mental health in the primary care setting. Knowing this, the Primary Care Provider Corner was filled with relevant tips, healthcare community best practices, and insights just for you.

Suicide Awareness In Primary Care

Interview October 31, 2017
In this short interview, Marla Moses, FNP, PMHNP, PsychU Primary Care Providers’ Corner Section Editor and Owner of IN Moses Mental Health in Indianapolis, IN, shared her perspective on suicide… Read More

Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale (BSDS)

Downloadable Resource October 23, 2017
The Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale (BSDS) includes 19 question items (English Version), based upon questions that developer Ronald Pies, MD, found most helpful in detecting not only severe cases of… Read More

Patient Health Questionnaire 15 (PHQ-15)

Downloadable Resource October 23, 2017
The Patient Health Questionnaire 15 is a self-administered 15-item scale to measure somatic symptoms, with questions from the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ). The PHQ family of measures, including abbreviated and… Read More

Opioid Risk Tool© (ORT)

Downloadable Resource October 16, 2017
The Opioid Risk Tool© (ORT) is a five-question, self-administered assessment that can be completed within 5 minutes and should be utilized on a patient’s initial visit. It assesses the patient… Read More

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C)

Downloadable Resource October 16, 2017
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-C) is a brief alcohol screen that reliably identifies patients who are hazardous drinkers or who have active alcohol use disorders. The AUDIT-C contains… Read More

Mini-Cog™

Downloadable Resource October 16, 2017
The Mini-Cog™ is a 3-minute instrument that can increase detection of cognitive impairment in older adults. It can be used effectively after brief training in both health care and community-based… Read More

Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale (GAD-7)

Downloadable Resource October 16, 2017
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale (GAD-7) is a self-administered 7-item anxiety scale initially developed to diagnose generalized anxiety disorder. The GAD-7 also proved to have sensitivity and specificity as… Read More

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