Burnout

Sometimes we need a reminder...

After struggling with boundaries and saying "no," this psychiatrist found his voice.

Is the COVID-19 burnout enough to make some physicians step away from medicine?

At almost every turn, insurance payers, based on seemingly ignorant and unethical justifications, continue to undermine the quality of psychiatric care.

1 fish, 2 fish, burning up, burning out...

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.

If we had 1 extra minute with our patients, what question would we ask?

Unable to spend adequate time with patients, residents are not learning to function as doctors, but merely as technicians for the human body.

The field of psychiatry is uniquely suited to address the psychological factors associated with the past year (and what lies ahead).

As typically happens in the aftermath of suicide—years or even decades later—we wonder what we could have said or should have seen.

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.

A simple exercise and tools to "find your Zen."

During these challenging times, physicians have to be proactive in helping ourselves. And that starts now.

Dr Jessi Gold provides quick tips for health care professionals to practice self-care during this difficult time.

Dr Steve Moffic talks about about some of the psychological dangers clinicians are facing during the pandemic in this video.

The current COVID-19 crisis is a wake-up call to how dangerously our health care workforce has been chronically over-stretched. Effective solutions are discussed.

The doctors, nurses, aids, food staff, and janitors are among the frontline heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. They know its ravages best and are most at risk. We mustn't let them down.

As we progress further in the COVID-19 crisis, it is even more important for mental health professionals to take care of themselves, so they can be available to provide a much needed service in the best way possible to patients. More in this podcast.

Behavioral health care providers are needed now more than ever to help support frontline caregivers and to provide access to care. Deena Tampi, MSN, MBA-HCA, offers insights about caring for the caregiver as well as providing access to care.

Rajesh R. Tampi, MD, MS, DFAPA, provides guidance for frontline health professionals and caregivers to mitigate stress and burden.

Tips for advocating for yourself and the safety of your patients.

In what seem like ancient times “BCV” (before coronavirus), there was a more slowly growing scourge for physicians and other health care workers: burnout.

This article discusses the return to work plan as a solution to the clinical and systemic problems arising from psychiatric disability.

Psychiatry can help us understand what layers of the onion exist that need to be peeled away, but the power to discard them once and for all resides within each and every one of us.