Student Name

NR 576: Differential Diagnosis Adult-Gerontology Primary Care

Dr. MacWilliams

Week 4: Collaboration Café

Year 2022

My clinical practicum setting is a primary care office in Northeast Florida. The practice is composed only of one board certified family practice physician. The typical demographic seen within the clinic is adult and geriatric; age range (30-80), as well as some adolescents. There is an equal distribution between male and females within the practice. The physician is comfortable treating a wide array of chronic medical conditions, including psychiatric disorders, as well as specializing in age related neurocognitive disorders.

Mental health management is frequently addressed and treated within the practice. One preventative care screening that would be recommended within the practice would be the 9-Question Patient Health Questionnaire-Depression Screener. This preventative screener offers clinicians concise, self-administered screening and diagnostic tools for mental health disorders, which have been field-tested in office practice (USPSTF, 2021). This will ultimately identify and improve the rate of recognition and severity of both depression and anxiety, facilitating a.................. Continue