Why Don’t Doctors Ask About Mental Health During A Physical?

There is no health without mental health.

Tina Viju
Change Your Mind Change Your Life
4 min readMay 13, 2022

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Generally, I don’t go for yearly physicals but I needed my doctor to order some tests for me. So I scheduled the physical. I was informed by the nurse in advance that if I wanted to talk about any specific health concerns I would have to make another appointment or I would get charged for it.

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