Some years ago, a psychiatrist named Wendy Dean read an article about a physician who died by suicide. Such deaths were distressingly common, she discovered. The suicide rate among doctors appeared to be even higher than the rate among active military members, a notion that startled Dean, who was then working as an administrator at a U.S. Army medical resear ... Show More
Jun 2021
The doctors are not all right
Doctors have suffered psychologically throughout the pandemic, but as Vox’s Julia Belluz reports, those who seek mental health treatment in the US put their careers at risk.
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Jan 2025
Episode 109: The Silent Crisis: Burnout in the Medical Field
<p>Listen to this latest episode of the podcast cohosted with MohammadAli Jardaly, with Dr. Alaa Rihan, a Family Medicine physician and a scholar, Leading Physician Wellbeing Program with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Burnout affects more than 50% of physicians in th ... Show More
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