Primary Care Docs Offer Stress Management Counseling To 3% Of Patients

Only three percent of primary care patients report receiving stress management counseling from their primary care professionals. Stress management counseling involves the physician providing information intended to help patients reduce the stress in their lives through various means, including yoga, exercise, or referral to other health professionals for additional assistance. Researchers were interested in studying the use of stress counseling within the primary care setting because many health conditions are related to or exacerbated by stress. The findings were reported in “When Physicians Counsel About Stress: Results of a National Study,” by Aditi Nerurkar, M.D., MPH; Asaf Bitton, M . . .