By Anna Tsioulias
With the rising rates of depression, anxiety, suicide, addiction and burnout among surgeons, the field of medicine is at a breaking point. Overwhelming workloads with low pay and a physician shortage all contribute to the decline in the mental health of practitioners, which will inevitably have severe ramifications for patient care and the healthcare system as a whole.
The Surgeon Well-Being Workgroup of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) launched a survey in June to better