Psychiatric Times September 2, 2024
Burnout rates have once again reached epidemic levels, in both physicians and parents.
PSYCHIATRIC VIEWS ON THE DAILY NEWS
“I have reached my limit for the BS I can take from the hospital administration, insurance companies, and demanding patients” – Anonymous Physician
Today is Labor Day, and physician labor still has a major challenge in burnout, at least according to the timely Medscape 2024 Physician Burnout & Depression Report.1 The physician quote above appeared at the beginning of the report.
It has been about 5 years since I coedited a book on how psychiatrists could help combat physician burnout.2 Since then, the COVID-19 pandemic occurred and remitted over a year ago, though less severe infections are still common.
The new...