Dr. Frank Lucchetti is pleased to announce the availability of the Millon Behavioral Medicine Diagnostic Inventory to assess psychological factors that can influence the course of treatment of medically ill patients.

 Sir William Osler, the imminent nineteenth century clinician, said, “The good physician will treat the disease, but the great physician will treat the whole patient.”  The MBMD ™ (the Millon Behavioral Medicine Diagnostic) Inventory is designed to provide the critical psychological information doctors need to treat the whole patient.  We must understand that psychological and behavioral factors play a potential role in the presentation or treatment of almost general medical condition.  The use of this diagnostic tool is reserved for those situations in which the psychological factors have a clinically significant effect on the course or outcome of the general medical condition, or place the individual at a significantly higher risk of an adverse outcome.

 Psychological and behavioral factors may affect the course of almost every major category of disease, including cardiovascular conditions, dermatological conditions, endocrinological conditions, gastrointestinal conditions, neoplastic conditions, neurological conditions, pulmonary conditions, renal conditions, and rheumatological conditions.

 The MBMD is a tool which can be useful in the integrative treatment of individuals who had substantial medical conditions, chronic pain, and are deciding on major surgical procedures.  This tool, along with appropriate psychological intervention can be a cost effective and useful treatment in recovery, and the management of physical disabilities.  This tool is now an integral part of treatment in my psychotherapy practice.

 

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