http://blog.sermo.com/2013/10/30/positive-psychology-and-medicine/ Talk Real World Medicine Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:00:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 http://blog.sermo.com/2013/10/30/positive-psychology-and-medicine/#comment-15 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:55:40 +0000 http://blog.sermo.com/?p=599#comment-15 True on the walking … and yes, there is a lot of overlap between psychological and physical symptoms. I think more awareness of this with MDs in general can go a long way in keeping people out of ERs and living a little bit healthier.

]]> http://blog.sermo.com/2013/10/30/positive-psychology-and-medicine/#comment-14 Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:53:59 +0000 http://blog.sermo.com/?p=599#comment-14 I think the key is knowing when something is anxiety or depression related or not. Anxiety/depression can show up as gastrointestinal distress, headache/migraine, weight fluctuation and pain. Teasing out what is physical and what is emotional can be a project and many patients want a physical cure. Of course, prescribing a walk is good for everybody, so you can’t go wrong there.

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