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Mental Health Evaluation by Qualified Professional Vital For Success of Bariatric Surgery
Preoperative mental health evaluations are an important part of ensuring patient success after bariatric surgery.
JULY 7, 2025
Many Health Workers Harmed by Hostile Work Environments
“Health workers dedicate themselves to caring for us, our families and our communities, and they are pouring ...
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Second Victim Program Helps Health Care Workers Cope in the Aftermath of Tragedy
Nashville, Tenn.—On Feb. 22, 2001, Cheryl Connors arrived for her shift as a pediatric nurse at Johns Hopkins ...
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Study Reveals High Level of Burnout in Breast Surgeons
Dallas—According to a recent survey of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, a significant proportion of ...
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Battling Surgeon Burnout at the Institutional Level
A lifelong Buddhist with a daily meditation practice, Sharmila Dissanaike, MD, a professor and the chair of surgery ...
MAY 24, 2019
The Roots of Physician Burnout
The data to date show that 40% to 60% of practicing physicians experience burnout, and rates of depression and ...
APRIL 15, 2019
Depression Found Common Among Medical Students
More than one-fourth of medical students say they suffer from depression, and more than 10% have considered ...
FEBRUARY 22, 2017
Burnout in Surgery
The term “burnout,” or job-induced emotional exhaustion, was first introduced into the medical lexicon ...
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
When a Stressful Event Sticks
The patient was a surgeon in his late 50s who was considering retirement. He felt overwhelmed by anxiety about a ...
OCTOBER 12, 2016
Approaches To Reduce Depression, Suicide and Burnout in Trainees
[Often, it takes a tragedy for a discussion to open up about suicide by medical students and residents. People will ...
MAY 10, 2016
