Background Medical-related professions are at high suicide risk. However, data are
contradictory and comparisons were not made between gender, occupation and specialties …

Each year more than 400 physicians take their lives, likely related to increasing depression
and burnout. Burnout—a psychological syndrome featuring emotional exhaustion …

The effects of exercise on depression have been a source of contentious debate. Meta-
analyses have demonstrated a range of effect sizes. Both inclusion criteria and …

Background Resilience can be defined as the maintenance or quick recovery of mental
health during or after periods of stressor exposure, which may result from a potentially …

When physicians are unwell, the performance of health-care systems can be suboptimum.
Physician wellness might not only benefit the individual physician, it could also be vital to the …

Purpose Research has shown that barriers to career success in academic medicine
disproportionately affect women. These barriers include inadequate mentoring, which may …

Objectives Job stressors are known determinants of common mental disorders. Over the
past 10 years, there has been evidence that job stressors may also be risk factors for …

ObjectiveTo encourage treatment of depression and prevention of suicide in physicians by
calling for a shift in professional attitudes and institutional policies to support physicians …

OBJECTIVE: Physician suicide is an important public health problem as the rate of suicide is
higher among physicians than the general population. Unfortunately, few studies have …

Importance Depression is common among training physicians and may disproportionately
affect women. The identification of modifiable risk factors is key to reducing this disease …