Mental Health
News
Child suicides drive Colorado hospital to declare state of emergency
"I've been in pediatrics for two decades and have never seen anything like this before," said Dr. David Brumbaugh.
SHM Converge
Pandemic experience taught lessons about clinician wellness
“I didn’t know how to help people because the problem was so big, especially during the height of the pandemic,” Dr. Sarah Richards said.
Perspectives
Cultivating emotional awareness
Cultivating emotional awareness is a simple technique to maintain equanimity as we do emotionally turbulent work.
SHM Converge
Clinician well-being a top priority, Surgeon General says
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said he’ll push for scientists to be heard in an unpoliticized way.
SHM Converge
Military leader shows hospitalists a way out of pandemic ‘combat’
Hospitalists treating patients during the pandemic must take stock of the physical and mental toll on their own health.
Career
Moral distress in the COVID era weighs on hospitalists
“The volume of deaths and the apparent dangers to providers themselves reflect some of the critical aspects of war,” Dr. Asken said.
Clinical
How often should we check EKGs in patients starting antipsychotic medications?
A prolonged QT interval can predispose a patient to dangerous arrhythmias that can result in sudden cardiac death.
Clinical
Family-involved interventions reduce postoperative delirium
Is the Tailored, Family-Involved Hospital Elder Life Program (t-HELP) effective in reducing the incidence of postoperative delirium (POD) in older...
Clinical
Depression screening after ACS does not change outcomes
Does systematic screening for depression in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) survivors affect quality of life and depression?
News
How to make resident mental health care stigma free
Opt-out programs offer a counterbalance to many negative tendencies in residency, said Dr. Lisa Meeks.