LANSING, Mich. (WILX) -When you visit your primary care doctor, do you feel that your mental health is being ignored?

If you answered “yes” ... one Michigan doctor says, “You’re Not Alone,” and he believes he wrote the prescription for a cure.

Retired physician Dr. Robert Smith is on a national crusade for mental health-care reform.

Dr. Smith says traditional medicine ignores mental health.

He claims medical education hasn’t changed in more than 100 years, with only 2% of a doctor’s training devoted to mental health.

“Even though mental health is the most common health condition doctor’s face in practice,” Dr. Smith says.

That’s why he co-authored the book, “Has medicine lost its Mind! - Why Our Mental Health System Is Failing Us, and What Should Be Done To Cure It.”

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