Getting Primary Care at the Psychiatrist’s Office [TheAtlantic.com]

Samantha Sangenito 3/7/164:00 AM

Even on her worst days, Tracy Young goes to her appointments at the San Fernando Mental Health Center. The counseling and medication, she says, keep her depression and schizophrenia at bay.

“I come here faithfully,” said Young, 50. “I have to come here or I be feeling I just want to give up.”

Young isn’t nearly as religious about her physical health, despite painful arthritis, a persistent backache, and a family history of cancer. Until this month, she hadn’t seen a medical doctor in more than three years.

[For more of this story, written by Anna Gorman, go to http://www.theatlantic.com/hea...primary-care/472131/]

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