More than 70% of primary care visits are related to psychosocial issues, including anxiety and depression. Although few primary care physicians currently have the resources to help patients address those issues, a new program at the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care may show that investing in those services is worthwhile both for the provider and the patient. Russell Phillips, HMS professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and director of the HMS Center for Primary Care, is quoted.
