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Depression
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Anxiety
Heroes Need Help, Too
~ U.S News, Aug 19, 2020
Front-line doctors face a mental health crisis amid coronavirus. Can medicine overcome the culture of stoicism?
~ abcNews, May 31, 2020
Stress
The ‘Black Tax’ and COVID-19: Amid Pandemic, Black Doctors Carry Double Load
~ U.S News, Feb 1, 2021
Doctors under stress from COVID-19 say they need mental health services: ‘We’re human beings, just like everyone else’
~ The Pantagraph, Feb 26, 2021
Burnout
‘We Are Burned Out:’ Nearly 1 in 2 Health Care Workers Say COVID-19 Has Harmed Their Mental Health
~ Morning Consult, Jan 25, 2021
Fatigue on the Frontlines: Local healthcare workers explain pandemic’s toll on mental health
~ 12 NEWS, Feb 22, 2021
Addressing Burnout Among the Nation’s Front-Line Health Care Professionals
~ U.S News, September 16, 2020
Physician burnout: Running on an empty tank
~ MEDICALNEWSTODAY, September 22, 2020
Doctor, Heal Thyself: Physician Burnout In The Wake Of Covid-19
~ Forbes, May 17, 2020
Doctors facing burnout could see job repercussions for seeking antidepressants
~ abcNEWS, December 10, 2020
Battling medical burnout
~ wusa9, June 3, 2020
Heroes Need Help, Too
~ U.S News, Aug 19, 2020
No quick fix for physician burnout, depression
~ REUTERS, January 16, 2019
Medical errors may stem more from physician burnout than unsafe health care settings
~ Stanford MEDICINE, July 8, 2018
Stepping back from the brink of burnout: How I’m tackling the epidemic of physician suicides
~ USA Today, November 30, 2018
Advice for physicians struggling with burnout or mental illness
~ The DO, June 7, 2017
Hours spent record-keeping may fuel physician burnout
~ Fox NEWS, September 8, 2016
Depression
86% of Doctors Believe Mental Health Issues, Depression Will be the Biggest non-COVID-19 Issue as a Result of the Pandemic
~ businesswire, Jan 26, 2021
An urgent mental health crisis: Health workers facing immense psychological toll from pandemic
~ abc News, Feb 16, 2021
Hospitals work to help doctors struggling with mental health issues
~ MKMBC NEWS 9, March 2, 2021
Heroes Need Help, Too
~ U.S News, Aug 19, 2020
Front-line doctors face a mental health crisis amid coronavirus. Can medicine overcome the culture of stoicism?
~ abcNews, May 31, 2020
For doctors with depression, A&E can be especially tough.
~ The Guardian, March 27, 2018
What depressed doctors do (when nobody’s looking)
~ Pamela Wible MD, July 9, 2017
PTSD
Fargo’s doctors, nurses risk mental health wounds as they fight to save COVID-19 patients
~ INFORUM, Dec 19, 2020
Covid-19 takes a toll on healthcare workers’ mental health
~ WFMY News, Feb 28, 2021
PTSD in coronavirus survivors, doctors becomes new focus for hospitals across the US
~ FOXNEWS, May 4, 2020
Suicide
Colleagues Remember Physician’s Life, Urge Others To Seek Help For Mental Health
~ KSL TV, Feb 5, 2021
An urgent mental health crisis: Health workers facing immense psychological toll from pandemic
~ abc News, Feb 16, 2021
Top E.R. Doctor Who Treated Virus Patients Dies by Suicide
~ The New York Times, April 27, 2020
Will Suicides Rise Because of COVID-19?
~ U.S News, December 10, 2020
Suicide is killing frontline medical workers, but mental-health experts say the situation is far from hopeless
~ INSIDER, April 28, 2020
Doctors are dying by suicide every day and we are not talking about it
~ The HILL, November 24, 2019
Stress and rigorous work schedules push a doctor to commit suicide every day in the US: ‘We need them, but they need us’
~ cnbc, May 21, 2019
Advice for physicians struggling with burnout or mental illness
~ The DO, June 7, 2017
Burnout
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Burnout
COVID has just been a whole new level of physical and mental exhaustion’: UCHealth program helps fight burnout in healthcare workers
~ 9NEWS, Feb 18, 2021
Absolutely defeated’: Black nurses struggle with mental health support while battling Covid-19
~ CNN, Feb 22, 2021
California health care workers confronting mental health crisis
~ CBS News, Feb 27, 2021
A new cause for Tammy Murphy’s charity: Nurses with burnout
~ NJCom New Jersey, Feb 1, 2021
Doctors And Nurses Are Getting COVID-19 Burnout
~ Fynne Fettle, Nov 24, 2020
Depression
I have nightmares all the time’: Nurses speak out about the mental toll of COVID-19
~ TODAY, July 27, 2020
Health care workers share the devastating mental toll of COVID-19: “I’m no hero, I’m broken”
~ CBS News, Sept 22, 2020
Depressed nurses are more likely to make medical errors, research shows
~ AJC Atlanta News Now, March 13, 2019
Nurse depression can lead to medical errors, study finds
~ HealthFinance, Oct 25, 2017
COVID-19 putting mental and physical strain on healthcare workers
~ WHIOTV7, Dec 4, 2020
PTSD
Nurses Work to Spread Mental Health Awareness, Resources During Pandemic
~ Spectrum NEWS 1, March 6, 2021
I Can’t Turn My Brain Off’: PTSD and Burnout Threaten Medical Workers
~ The New York Times, May 16, 2020
Stress
As Kentucky fights COVID-19, we must look to nurses’ mental health and prevent suicide
~ courier journal, Feb 11, 2021
COVID-19 putting mental and physical strain on healthcare workers
~ WHIOTV7, Dec 4, 2020
At Height of COVID, Nurses and Doctors Reported High Levels of Distress
~ COLUMBIA, June 23, 2020
Health care workers share the devastating mental toll of COVID-19: “I’m no hero, I’m broken”
~ CBS News, Sept 22, 2020
Suicide
Nurses May Need Suicide-Prevention Screening
~ U.S News, Feb 6, 2020
Woman who survived suicide attempts tells story to encourage others to seek help
~ The Columbus Dispatch, Oct 5, 2019
Anxiety
Today’s Headlines: The mental toll on medical workers
~ LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb 3, 2021
Burnout
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PTSD
Stress
Burnout
Denver paramedic pulls back the curtain on the trauma and burnout healthcare workers face
~ Denver7 News, July 8, 2020
High stress and possible burnout part of EMT career
~ WKBN 27 News, May 21, 2018
City’s EMTs, paramedics face burnout in intense, high stress job for low pay
~ NEWYORK DAILY NEWS, March 21, 2017
Depression
How PTSD And Depression Haunts First Responders Even After The Job Is Over
~ HUFFPOST, Oct 5, 2019
True confessions of a clinically depressed medic
~ EMS1, May 7, 2014
PTSD
Coronavirus Pandemic Brings Unprecedented Trauma To NYC’s EMS
~ Patch, Aug 28, 2020
We’re seeing more dead bodies than we’ve ever had to’: First responders describe the guilt, trauma, and hopelessness of battling the coronavirus in New York
~ INSIDER, April 22, 2020
First responders urgently push for PTSD coverage at Ohio state capitol
~ 19 News, Oct 6, 2020
Ohio EMS crews win PTSD coverage, $3.7M in back pay after long battle with city
~ 19 News, July 13, 2020
How PTSD And Depression Haunts First Responders Even After The Job Is Over
~ HUFFPOST, Oct 5, 2019
The Effects Of The Suck It Up Culture (PTSD in EMT)
~ TED, March, 2018
EMT deals with own PTSD battle
~ PINECOUNTRY NEWS, Sept 8, 2017
UCF Study Examines First Responder Stress and Support Needs
~ UCF News, June 27, 2016
PTSD in Emergency Workers
~ EMERGENCY PUBLIC HEALTH, July 14, 2014
Denver paramedic pulls back the curtain on the trauma and burnout healthcare workers face
~ Denver7 News, July 8, 2020
Stress
Strong, brave and traumatized: Upstate SC first responders often haunted by what they see
~ GreenVille News, April 1, 2019
High stress and possible burnout part of EMT career
~ WKBN 27 News, May 21, 2018
City’s EMTs, paramedics face burnout in intense, high stress job for low pay
~ NEWYORK DAILY NEWS, March 21, 2017
Two New York City health care workers commit suicide within 48 hours
~ World Socialist Web site, April 28, 2020
At least 140 Firefighters & EMTs Commited Suicide in 2019 Across the USA
~ FAIRFAX CPOUNTRY, Feb 6, 2020
Suicides of two health care workers hint at the Covid-19 mental health crisis to come
~ STAT, April 30, 2020
FDNY EMT’s mother speaks out after his suicide during pandemic
~ EMS1, Oct 27, 2020
EMT John Mondello kills himself after less than three months on the job
~ New York Post, April 25, 2020
Strong, brave and traumatized: Upstate SC first responders often haunted by what they see
~ GreenVille News, April 1, 2019
Silence can be deadly’: 46 officers were fatally shot last year. More than triple that — 140 — committed suicide.
~ USA TODAY, April 11, 2018
Coroner: Firefighter, EMT killed by train died by suicide in Tullytown
~ Courier Times, August 2, 2015
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Battle against COVID-19 taking a mental toll on health care workers
~ 5 ON YOUR SIDE, Nov 16, 2020
Husband’s Photograph Captures ‘One Tired Respiratory Therapist’
~ NBC 5, Feb 4, 2021
Respiratory Therapists Exhausted By Pandemic Surges
~ Newsy, Dec 11, 2020
Therapist Burnout: Taking care of mental health professionals
~ 2 News, Jun 9, 2020
Keeping Productivity High and Burnout Low
~ AARC News Room, Dec 16, 2020
Respiratory therapists struggle to keep up with demand as COVID-19 cases continue to rise
~ Abc7 EYEWITNESS NEWS, Nov 24, 2020
Battling Burnout in RT
~ AARC News Room, March 28, 2018
PTSD
Addressing the Coming PTSD Wave
~ U.S. News, Jun 9, 2020
Local healthcare workers feeling the strain nine months into pandemic
~ KSBW ACTION NEWS8, Nov 18, 2020
Stress
Anxiety
Burnout
Depression
Anxiety
Mental Health Is a Growing Concern for Many During the COVID-19 Pandemic
~ AANP News, September 10, 2020
Burnout
Study explores burnout among APRNs, physician assistants
~ VUMC REPORTER, December 12, 2019
The Rise of Nurse Practitioners Amidst Provider Burnout, Shortages
~ PATIENT ENGAGEMENT HIT XtelligentHelathcareMedia, May 30, 2018
Depression
Screening for depression: A must in NP practice
~ Comtemporary PEDIATRICS, April 17, 2018
Mental Health Is a Growing Concern for Many During the COVID-19 Pandemic
~ AANP News, September 10, 2020
Burnout
Suicide
Burnout
Prioritizing passion projects to battle burnout
~ ADA News, Jan 19, 2021
How to Avoid Dental Burnout
~ DENTISTRY TODAY, Jan 4, 2019
Suicide
Dentist kills himself in ruins of home burned in wine country fires
~ The San Diego Union- Tribune, Nov 14, 2017
Necedah dentist attempts suicide
~ STAR-TIMES, Sept 22, 2007
These jobs have the highest rate of suicide
~ CBS News, June 30, 2016
Suicide in Dentistry: Revealing the Facts
~ Todays’s RDH, Oct 10, 2019
Suicide and Dentistry: Myths, Realities, and Prevention
~ DENTISTRY TODAY, Jul 13, 2016
Anxiety
Depression
Suicide
Anxiety
A Med Student Decides To Be Upfront About Her Mental Issues
~ npr, June 1, 2016
Depression
Doctors are facing a silent mental health crisis — and they need help
~ The Daily Pennsylvanian, July 7, 2019
Healing the very youngest healers
~ AAMC, Jan 21, 2020
Stigma Among Students: Study reveals levels of depression in medical students around the world
~ Wayne State University, Nov 12, 2020
Dental Students Face Greater Rates of Depression
~ Dentistry Today, July 27, 2020
Medical Student Depression and Our Health System
~ U.S. News, Dec 20, 2016
1 in 4 med students around the world shows depression signs
~ AMA (American Medical Association), Dec 6, 2016
A Med Student Decides To Be Upfront About Her Mental Issues
~ npr, June 1, 2016
27% of Medical Students Are Depressed
~ TIME, Dec 6, 2016
Study: More than a quarter of medical students are depressed, suicidal
~ CNN Health, Dec 7, 2016
Suicide
Med student’s suicide shines light on epidemic among health practitioners
~ STLJEWISH LIGHT, Oct 10, 2019
NYU Medical Student, Resident Die By Suicide Within Days Of Each Other
~ refinery29, May 9, 2018
Medical student’s death highlights high rates of physician suicides
~ abc News, April 25, 2017
Missing Dental student Jiwon Lee found dead in Hudson, medical examiner rules suicide
~ Columbia Spectator, July 26, 2016
Study: More than a quarter of medical students are depressed, suicidal
~ CNN Health, Dec 7, 2016
A Med Student Decides To Be Upfront About Her Mental Issues
~ NPR, June 1, 2016
Anxiety
Burnout
Depression
Suicide
Anxiety
Signs of depression and anxiety soar among US graduate students during pandemic
~ nature, Aug 28, 2020
College Stress
~ HAVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, Sept 10, 2018
Burnout
‘I was just bawling in my PPE’: Surge fades, but anguish remains for healthcare workers
~ LA TIMES, Feb 3, 2021
Doctors have alarmingly high rates of depression. One reason: medical school.
~ Vox, Dec 9, 2016
Depression
Healing the very youngest healers
~ AAMC, Jan 21, 2020
Depression in First-Year Doctors Depends on Where They Train
~ M Health Lab, Jan 21, 2019
College Stress
~ HAVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, Sept 10, 2018
I Felt Alone But I Wasn’t: Depression Is Rampant Among Doctors In Training
~ wbur, Aug 19, 2016
Doctors have alarmingly high rates of depression. One reason: medical school.
~ Vox, Dec 9, 2016
Signs of depression and anxiety soar among US graduate students during pandemic
~ nature, Aug 28, 2020
Suicide
Healing the very youngest healers
~ AAMC, Jan 21, 2020
Too Little, Too Late
~ INSIDE HIGHER ED, Nov 4, 2019
Doctors have alarmingly high rates of depression. One reason: medical school.
~ Vox, Dec 9, 2016
While the services provided by Hope4Med were needed before the COVID 19 pandemic, they are needed even more so today. Health Professional burnout does not only affect the individual health professional but, like a drop of water in a pond, the effects ripple outwards affecting the health professional's family, colleagues, patients and society at large. The time to act is now.