Volume 117, Number 11 — November 2021
The Behavioral Health Issue
Cover: Preventable Pain (pages 16-21)
Another COVID-19 surge, vaccine hesitancy and hostility, and misinformation are compounding physicians’ already-heightened emotional turmoil on the job. By Joey Berlin
Physician Wellness: Self-Investment (pages 22-25)
Physician wellness programs help bolster a beleaguered workforce. By Emma Freer
Public Health: Making the Right Call (pages 26-30)
The Child Psychiatric Access Network, or CPAN, can help family physicians and pediatricians improve behavioral health. By Sean Price
Infographic: Supply and Demand (pages 32-33)
Simply put, Texas doesn’t have enough health care professionals to address its mental health needs. Here’s a look at the areas of greatest need. By Sean Price
Public Health: Caring for Generation COVID (pages 34-38)
The pandemic had taken an increasing toll on children's mental health, and the physicians caring for them. By Sean Price
Economics: “So Much Uncertainty” (pages 40-42)
The struggle to renew the Medicaid 1115 waiver endangers behavioral health care for low-income Texans. By Sean Price
Economics: Telemedicine’s Tipping Point (pages 44-47)
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated telemedicine access to behavioral health care and exposed longstanding coverage issues. By Emma Freer
Also in this issue:
04 Inbox: Burnout not physician’s fault
06 Commentary: What is really wounding the healer?
10 Rounds
48 Talk to Patients About: ACIP
Last Updated On
November 30, 2021
Originally Published On
October 31, 2021