Are You ‘Intellectualizing’ To Avoid Distress? Here’s How To Tell. (Links to an external site)
“A common example is when someone who has been assaulted recounts the experience to the police, or even a friend or family member, and they basically just tell exactly what happened almost as if it happened to someone else or was a different person’s story,” Dr. Jessica Gold, a psychiatrist and assistant professor at Washington University […]
Comparison of Electronic Health Record Messages to Mental Health Care Professionals Before vs After COVID-19 Pandemic (Links to an external site)
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a global mental health crisis,1 with increased mental health–related visits across specialties and emergency departments.
Burnout threatens primary care workforce and doctors’ mental health (Links to an external site)
Melanie Gray Miller, a 30-year-old physician, wiped away tears as she described the isolation she felt after losing a beloved patient. “It was at the end of a night shift, when it seems like bad things always happen,” said Miller, who is training to become a pediatrician.
Most Doctors Are Anxious And Burnt Out; What Can We Do? (Links to an external site)
The pandemic has spread healthcare workers thin over the last few years. With staffing shortages and wave after wave of COVID cases, that wear has become increasingly apparent. But burnout is not new to the healthcare field.
6 Less Obvious Signs of Burnout You Should Definitely Pay Attention To (Links to an external site)
“I think of burnout as becoming exhausted by your job and losing the ability to care about your work and the people you work with,” Bradley Evanoff, MD, MPH, professor of occupational and environmental medicine at Washington University School of Medicine, tells SELF.
Physician Burnout Has Reached Distressing Levels, New Research Finds (Links to an external site)
Nearly two-thirds of doctors are experiencing at least one symptom of burnout, a huge increase from before the pandemic. But the situation is not irreparable, researchers say.
A new law aims to address the mental health crisis among healthcare workers–but barriers to care persist (Links to an external site)
A lot can change in two years. These days it’s often impossible to fathom life before we had to contend–physically and emotionally–with a global pandemic that has changed everything. For our family, that change came suddenly. In April 2020, Dr. Lorna Breen, an accomplished NYC emergency room physician working on the frontlines of the first […]
Promoting resilience in health-care workers aim of new grant (Links to an external site)
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised stress levels among health-care workers, leading to burnout, depression and, in some cases, exits from the field. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a grant that aims to reduce burnout and promote mental health and wellness among such workers.