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Stress and Burnout Are at Epidemic Proportions Among Physicians, Especially Surgeons

Published in Mental Health Weekly Digest, October 29th, 2007

Most American physicians are overworked, which contributes to the widespread burnout within the medical profession. Care-giving and goal-oriented professions, such as medicine have prolonged exposure to critical decision making, trauma and patient complaints as well as overwhelming stressors such as excessive workload, increasing overhead, and night and weekend work.

The cumulative effect of this high-stress environment can lead to sleep disturbance, family problems, irritability, withdrawal, overworking, procrastination, alcohol use and overeating. This causes physicians to experience dissatisfaction with their personal and professional lives. These negative...

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Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2007-10-29)

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