“Physician Wellness” as Published in Academic Psychiatry

Comment on “Examining Burnout, Depression, and Attitudes Regarding Drug Use Among Lebanese Medical Students During the 4 Years of Medical School”

“…They detected high rates of depression, burnout, and suicidal ideation among medical students in the Middle East. The authors should be congratulated for performing a well-designed study in an important topic in graduate medical education and overall physician practice [2,3]. Additionally, the need to identify specific areas for potential interventions to prevent burnout in medical students is an innovative concept that needs to be further explored [4,5].…”

Assessment of the Relationship Between an Adverse Impact of Work on Physicians’ Personal Relationships and Unsolicited Patient Complaints

“…Occupational burnout is one of the most common and best studied domains of work-related distress in physicians. 1,2 Burnout is a WHO recognized occupational syndrome 3 associated with adverse health consequences [4][5][6][7] including depression, [8][9][10] sleep-related impairment, 11,12 diabetes, 13 and heart disease. 14,15 Physician burnout is also associated with adverse patient care outcomes [16][17][18][19] and higher health care costs.…”

Management of the Impaired Applicant

“…The need to address the distinctive issues raised by impaired applicants arises within the broader context of a medical profession that is increasingly (and rightly) concerned with issues of wellness, psychiatric health, and physician burnout [ 5 , 6 ]. Both medical schools and residencies have elevated the importance of improving trainee well-being over the past decade [ 7 ].…”