Resource topic: Society and Culture
Healing the Wounds: A Physician Looks at His Own Work

Healing the Wounds, a biographical novel, covers the everyday life of a physician. Drawing from his rural and urban experiences, he breaks the code of silence and...

Personal Stories
Physician Resilience and Burnout: Can You Make the Switch?

Published in Family Practice Management, the paper explains and explores burnout and resilience through different lenses. This paper highlights how cultural norms...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Does Training in Psychosocial Interventions Reduce Burnout Rates in Forensic Nurses?

Published in Journal of Advanced Nursing, the following study evaluates the effects of Psychosocial Intervention Training (PSI) on the knowledge, attitudes and...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Medical Student Wellness Initiative

The following slides provide an overview and insight into the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine's Medical Student Wellness Initiative. These...

Briefs and Summaries
Mental Health Awareness in Osteopathic Medical Education

The following webpage from the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine provides tools and resources for mental health awareness in osteopathic...

Toolkit
Make the Difference: Preventing Medical Trainee Suicide

Pressure in the high-stakes environment of medical training can be overwhelming. This video from Mayo Clinic and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention...

Video
Struggling in Silence

Every year, nearly 400 physicians — the equivalent of two to three medical school classes — take their own lives. Struggling in Silence: Physician Depression...

Video
The Prevalence of Physicians Who Have Been Stalked: A Systematic Review

This systematic review, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, sought to determine the prevalence of physicians who had been...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Breaking the Culture of Silence on Physician Suicide

Every year an estimated 400 U.S. physicians take their lives. Numerous global studies involving every medical and surgical specialty indicate that approximately 1...

Personal Stories
This is Why

The following article, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, is a personal narrative from a fourth year medical student about the stigma surrounding mental...

Personal Stories
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