Burnout

We may have strong (psychological) bones, but they are still susceptible to stress fractures. Face the new year armed with these guidelines on combatting symptoms of burnout, written by an expert in the field.

In a spirit of gratitude, here are eight of the many extraordinary advantages of being a psychiatrist.

The recognition of a wide range of traumatic experiences-physical or sexual assault, motor vehicular accidents, natural disasters, terrorism-has implications for understanding the vulnerability to vicarious trauma inherent in a clinician’s practice.

The fallout from burnout: alcohol dependence, binge eating, sleep disorders, and general ill health.

By building a practice model that we enjoy, it enhances our ability to “cure sometimes, treat often, and comfort always.”

People-staff and patients both-confide secrets to strangers. We all need to unburden in a way that won’t come back to bite us.

Few professional interactions create more anxiety, worry, and deep concern than telling someone unpleasant and painful news. Without a supportive environment, such conversations can enhance the chances of burnout.

What to do when a patient says they need disabled status, but you believe otherwise?

Finding meaning helps to reframe the experiences of our own lives, not as events to hide in shame or guilt, but as experiences that made us physicians we are today.

Our ability to speak freely regardless of role, training, or experience is one element that allows psychiatrists to discuss their fears and limits as clinicians.

Professionals in our fields are even more reluctant than the general public to seek mental health care because of stigma and negative career consequences. Here are 10 ways to address mental "unwellness."

Why do we, the experts in understanding the mind, have so much difficulty in addressing and improving our own mental health? Dr Moffic introduces our Portrait of a Psychiatrist series.

Like the song New York, New York, if we can succeed in reducing suicide in physicians, we can do it anywhere.

In the second part of our Psyched! podcast interview, Janae Sharp discusses why she feels she has been a different kind of voice for physician suicide awareness.

Gastroenterologist George Ferenczi escaped the Iron Curtain as a boy. Now he tries to justify his luck, and life.

Luring physicians with unusual incentives; telemedicine crosses state lines; primary-care practice makeover; and more.

Planning a break from your practice for a while? Here are some tips to help you work with your partners and patients for a meaningful long-term absence.

A comprehensive treatment plan is a systematic, thorough, painstaking therapeutic program that takes time for implementation and results