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Burnout
How Readily Do Physicians Switch Careers?
May 20, 2021
Is the COVID-19 burnout enough to make some physicians step away from medicine?
Aiding and Abetting Burnout
May 18, 2021
At almost every turn, insurance payers, based on seemingly ignorant and unethical justifications, continue to undermine the quality of psychiatric care.
Positivism and Heart Health: Issues for Psychiatrists
February 23, 2021
Psychiatrists are uniquely suited to help patients with and without heart disease feel more positive and hopeful. This, in turn, can have substantial effects not just on mental health, but on health behaviors and physical health outcomes as well.
The 16-Minute Med Check
February 02, 2021
If we had 1 extra minute with our patients, what question would we ask?
Beneath the Wheel: A Resident Reflects on Burnout and Professional Identity
February 02, 2021
Unable to spend adequate time with patients, residents are not learning to function as doctors, but merely as technicians for the human body.
An Optimistic Prognosis for 2021
December 08, 2020
The field of psychiatry is uniquely suited to address the psychological factors associated with the past year (and what lies ahead).
Of Personas and Perfection—and Physician Suicide
December 07, 2020
As typically happens in the aftermath of suicide—years or even decades later—we wonder what we could have said or should have seen.
Strategies for Keeping Our Prefrontal Cortex Online
August 27, 2020
As we notice acts of kindness and allow them to guide us into new behaviors and habit loops, we replace worry and anxiety with altruistic thinking.