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Soothing kids with toxic stress
by Doug Carlson
Children of migrant farmworkers can teach us a lot
about dealing with toxic stress. In Immokalee, they’re
also helping a College of Medicine research team outline
effective ways to provide behavioral health in the
primary-care setting.
They’re back!
by Ron Hartung
The College of Medicine recruits primarily Florida
residents, places them in community settings for their
clinical education and hopes many of them return one
day to set up practice. As evidenced by a recent influx of
alumni in Daytona Beach, the approach is working.
On call: The doctor
is (almost always) in
by Ron Hartung
By iPhone or laptop, Brittany Crenshaw (M.D., ’10) is
only a click away for patients in six states from Florida to
New York.
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Life can be particularly stressful
for the children of migrant
farmworkers. Making matters
worse, the best defense against
the harmful effects of toxic stress
is an attentive and comforting
parent -- something kids in
Immokalee rarely get enough of.
Photo credits: Colin Hackley,
iStock.com/FatCamera, iStock.
com/Juanmonino, iStock.com/
LSOphoto and iStock.com/
jacoblund.
Cover design: Martin Young.
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Becoming the patient gave one
doctor new perspective