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AUDIO: Chronically ill patients benefit from psychiatric care


 

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As the director of the Visceral Inflammation and Pain Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, psychiatrist Eva Szigethy has been instrumental in the creation of a unique specialty medical home dedicated to the integrated treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.

Listen to Dr. Szigethy discuss how the inclusion of psychiatric care for patients with chronic illness can help drive down health care delivery costs while improving patient outcomes.

Dr. Szigethy had no relevant disclosures.

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