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1. www.thelancet.com › journals › lancetMental illness and suicide among physicians - The Lancet

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   Physicians can be affected by the full spectrum of mental disorders, as well as a range of issues that affect their wellbeing, such as burnout. Like in the general population, the most common mental disorders reported among physicians are depression and anxiety.

2. www.npr.org › sections › health-shotsDoctors face huge stigma about mental illness. Here's an ...

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   Feb 5, 2024 · Doctors have long dealt with perceived threats to their careers if they are open about mental illness and addiction. Now about two dozen states are changing licensing forms to lessen the stigma.

   • Author: Priyanka Dayal Mccluskey

3. www.vox.com › health › 23921266The physician mental health crisis, explained | Vox

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   Oct 25, 2023 · The mental health crisis among doctors is a problem for patients. Why doctors are so stressed out, depressed, and suicidal — and what can be done about it.

4. www.bmj.com › content › 348Surgeons and mental illness: a hidden problem? | The BMJ

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   Apr 22, 2014 · Over the five years that the service has been running, around 80% of the presenting practitioners have had mental health problems, the most common being depression. In addition, about 20% have had problems with addiction, and around two thirds of these doctors have also had alcohol dependence.

   • Author: Clare Gerada, Richard Jones

   • Publish Year: 2014

5. www.aamc.org › news › out-shadows-physicians-shareOut of the shadows: Physicians share their mental health ...

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   • Childhood Trauma, Decades of Silence
   • A Surgeon Steps Forward
   • Stepping Back from Suicide
   • Caring For Carers

   When Darrell Kirch, MD, was 20, he witnessed an excruciating scene. Kirch, now 73, was working on a surveying crew in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains when a 40-passenger plane suddenly crashed into the mountain above. A survivor came stumbling through the trees, his clothes and skin badly charred, and the surveyors quickly fashioned a makeshift sling to...

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   “This is terrifying.” Those were among the first words Carrie Cunningham, MD, uttered while standing before 2,000 of her peers in February 2023. Cunningham was presenting her concluding remarks as president of the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) — and she was revealing decades of depression and anxiety as well as a recent diagnosis of a subs...

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   Christopher Veal had a plan. The second-year medical student would plow his car into a pole. That would allow his family to think his death was an accident. They could easily believe that, since Burlington, where he was studying at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, was thick with snow. Veal had just come from a disturbing conver...

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   Jessi Gold, MD, MS, had never gotten below an A in her entire life. But as an undergrad at the University of Pennsylvania, rigorous premed courses challenged her as never before. “Getting a B was really hard for me, and people were saying you couldn’t get a B and continue on the path [to medicine],” recalls Gold, an assistant professor of psychiatr...

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   • Author: Stacy Weiner

6. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC8091150Mental health among clinicians: what do we know and what can ...

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   Mental health and mental health disorders among clinicians remain a taboo, despite increasing evidence showing the direct impact on medical teams and patient care.

7. www.nytimes.com › 2022/03/30 › opinionWhy So Many Doctors Treat Their Mental Health in Secret

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   Mar 30, 2022 · Despite the grueling experiences, the medical profession often stigmatizes physicians who seek mental health care and erects barriers to such care. As of last spring, medical boards in 37 U.S....