août 24, 2022
A national physician health survey found that nearly half of respondents screened positive for depression, up significantly since the 2017 survey (33%). Other findings include:
- One quarter of physicians and residents experience severe (10%) or moderate (15%) anxiety;
- Six in 10 respondents indicated their mental health is worse now than before the pandemic;
- More than half of physicians and medical learners (53%) experience high levels of burnout; and
- More than one-third (36%) of respondents had thoughts of suicide at some point in their lives, and 14% had thoughts of suicide in the last 12 months.
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