Author Archives: Stephanie Gold, Kaitlyn M. Vagnini, Emma Gilchrist, Shale Wong, Anuradha Jetty, Yalda Jabbarpour, Steve Petterson & John M. Westfall

About Stephanie Gold, Kaitlyn M. Vagnini, Emma Gilchrist, Shale Wong, Anuradha Jetty, Yalda Jabbarpour, Steve Petterson & John M. Westfall

Dr. Gold is a practicing family physician at a federally qualified health center in Denver, Colorado, a Scholar at the Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado. Her research and policy work focuses on payment reform for primary care and integrating behavioral and social health with primary care. She serves on the executive committee of the board of the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians and is a member of the Colorado Primary Care Payment Reform Collaborative. Dr. Gold completed medical school at the University of Virginia, family medicine residency at the University of Colorado - Denver Health Track, and a health policy fellowship with the Farley Center following residency.

Primary care doctors are well-trained to treat common mental health conditions

The COVID-19 pandemic and the killing of George Floyd are further stressing the already strained U.S. mental health care system. Primary care doctors train to treat common mental health problems, and they can help alleviate this strain on the system. Mental health issues on the rise In a national survey [pdf] of primary care patients… Read More »