Health inequities and social determinants of health in refugee and immigrant communities.

This article evaluates and elucidates the intersections across social and economic determinants of health and social structures that maintain current inequities and structural violence with a focus on the impact on imMigrants (immigrants and migrants), refugees, and those who remain invisible (e.g., people without immigration status who reside in the United States) from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities.

Counseling Patients in Primary Care: Evidence-Based Strategies.

Family physicians spend substantial time counseling patients with psychiatric conditions, unhealthy behaviors, and medical adherence issues. Maintaining efficiency while providing counseling is a major challenge. There are several effective, structured counseling strategies developed for use in primary care settings.

Complementary and alternative therapies for pediatric attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a descriptive review.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), characterized by impulsivity, distractibility, and inattention, has an estimated pediatric population prevalence of 6-8%. Family physicians and pediatricians evaluate and treat the majority of children with this condition. The evidence-based treatment of choice for ADHD, stimulant medication, continues to be a source of public controversy.

Efficient counseling techniques for the primary care physician.

Up to 60% of ambulatory primary care patients have psychosocial factors contributing to their symptom presentation. Counseling, although helpful, is seen as requiring specialized training that most primary care physicians lack, as well as being complex and time-consuming. Several counseling methods have been developed that are brief, relatively easy for the physician to learn and implement, and patient-centered.