Abstract
The author reflects on the biopsychosocial considerations of elevated blood pressure in teenage African American youth during the era of Black Lives Matter (BLM). Parallels are drawn between Dr. Engel’s biopsychosocial model and clinical decision science.
Highlights
A patient presented to the family medicine clinic for a blood pressure check-up
Using the pathophysiology I was taught during my preclinical medical education, I brainstormed a list of differential diagnoses for elevated blood pressure (EBP) in a young individual
The resident suggested we screen the patient for anxiety with the generalized anxiety disorder scale (GAD)
Summary
A patient presented to the family medicine clinic for a blood pressure check-up. The resident physician and I learned that he was an African American teenager with a previous blood pressure of 138/80.
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