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 …

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 …

Concerns about the quality of medical care provided by health services appear to be
increasing. Deficits in care are frequently found to be associated with stress and with the …

Background There is a culture within medicine that doctors do not expect themselves or their
colleagues to be sick. Thus, the associated complexities of self-diagnosis, self-referral and …

Background The need to improve doctors' access to health care by reducing the barriers
they experience has been regularly described in the literature, yet the barriers experienced …

This study identifies positive and negative factors associated with physician well being. We
collected two sets of data from physicians at a university-based Department of Medicine in …

Objectives: To explore doctors' perceptions of the acceptable limits to self‐treatment and to
identify barriers to doctors seeking appropriate healthcare. Design: Self‐completion, postal …

Background: Doctors are poor at help-seeking, particularly for mental ill health; attitudes of
colleagues reflecting stigmatisation may be important factors influencing decisions to seek …

Background Doctors' health is of importance for the quality and development of health care
and to doctors themselves. As doctors are hesitant to seek medical treatment, peer support …

Background Self-prescribing among doctors is common, but no longitudinal studies have
documented this issue. We studied the self-prescribing behaviour among young Norwegian …