Need Help Immediately? Call 988.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline can be reached at 988 or visit www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org.
During this challenging time, another important resource is Physician Support Online:
Physician Support Line was created with the mission of physicians supporting physicians as we navigate the many professional and personal intersections of our lives.
Additional Resources
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NEW!!! Rx Inner Peace: A Physician’s Guide for Self Care (Self-paced Program from MAHEC; available through Dec 2022)
- I.M. Emotional Support Hub (ACP)
- NC Physicians Health Program: (919) 870-4480
- AMA’s STEPSforward module “Physician wellness; preventing resident and fellow burnout”
- ePhysicianHealth.com: An international learning program developed by Canadian health organizations to address physician wellness, with focused modules that include ways to combat burnout, stress, substance abuse and to achieve a work-life balance.
- Western Carolina Medical Society offers an annual Burnout Prevention Retreat as well as other resources.
- NC Consortium for Physician Resilience and Retention – Facebook page with the latest articles on physician health and a place to open a dialogue on wellness.
- The HappyMD.com
- Sotile Center for Physician Resilience
“Unspoken: Doctor Depression And Suicide” – This Newsy investigation shows state medical boards are beginning to make changes to encourage distressed doctors to seek treatment. It also finds that taking care of the caregivers sometimes comes too late.
- Doctor Burnout, Stress and Depression: Not an Easy Fix (US News & World Report)
- Physician Burnout: It Just Keeps Getting Worse (Medscape)
- Physician Wellness Is a Global Issue (AMA Wire)
- Physician Burnout Rates Top 50 Percent (and That’s Not the Worst Finding) (Huffington Post)
- Physician Suicide (Medscape)
- Physician Health & Wellness (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- American Doctors are Killing Themselves and No One Is Talking About It (Dailybeast.com)
- Changing the Conversation From Burnout to Wellness: Physician Well-being in Residency Training Programs (Journal of Graduate Medical Education)