Why don’t all doctors offer mind-body treatments?

Dr. David Clarke explains that doctors rarely have any formal training in how to diagnose and treat psychological ...

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Dr. David Clarke explains that doctors rarely have any formal training in how to diagnose and treat psychological disorders.

The medical profession has tended to fracture itself into the mental health world and the medical health world. There is very little overlap between those two areas.

Both groups typically have not had formal training in how to evaluate a physical disorder with psychological causes.