encounter in diagnosing mental illness in chronically medically ill patients.

Based on the journal article bellow ‘discuss the difficulties that healthcare providers may encounter in diagnosing mental illness in chronically ill patients. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pic/articles/PMC1070773

healthcare providers may encounter in diagnosing mental illness in chronically medically ill patients.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC107077

Each initial discussion post must be between 300-400 words. You will be graded on grammar and writing style. You must use one acceptable reference source (Wikipedia is not permitted and your text book is considered as an acceptable source). Reference must be in APA format (you can go to purdue owl online if you have questions or use bibme.org).

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Health care providers experience a lot of difficulties when diagnosing mental illness in chronically ill patients. Such difficulties include feelings of anxiety provoked by patients with mental disorders. Also, patients with mental illnesses also make it hard for healthcare providers by inflicting emotional burden. This burden is as a result of the cumulative suffering and losses that are experienced by the families and friends of the chronically ill patients. Health care providers also have a responsibility of providing hope to both its…

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