Monday, June 10, 2013

Treatments of physical and mental health are coming together

Physicians and therapists traditionally haven't collaborated much when treating the same patient, but the federal healthcare law is spurring a change.



Many days, the sheer weight of Iszurette Hunter's clinical depression becomes more than she can lift. She clings to her bed in her South Los Angeles home. Important obligations slide away, including keeping appointments with doctors who are trying to control her asthma and high blood pressure.



via L.A. Times - Health http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/features/health/~3/rJCEV5qmqBE/la-me-clinic-mental-health-20130610,0,6497306.story

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