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  Unipolar Depression

  Stephen J. Warnick, R Van Harrison, Sagar V. Parikh, Barbara C. Soyster, Amy L. Tremper, and Jolene R. Bostwick

  Publication Date: 2-2021

  Patient population. Adults and adolescents 12 years and older with unipolar depressive disorders.

  Objectives. (1) Improve early recognition and treatment of unipolar depression. (2) Improve patient understanding of depression and its treatment. (3) Recommend appropriate first-line treatments. (4) Identify when referral is indicated. (5) Explain treatment differences for adolescents, women, and older adults.

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  Posttraumatic Growth and Resiliency Associated with Medical Mishaps in Residents

  Whitney Dominick, Elie Mulhem, and Kanako Taku

  Publication Date: 2020

  Featuring chapters written by practicing medical professionals and experts in the discipline, Promoting Resiliency and Wellness Among Physician Residents is designed to help current and future residents integrate facets of resilience and wellness in their lives to help them succeed in their medical training. The text emphasizes how work and family balance, self-care, and healthy eating, among other key strategies, can improve residents' quality of life during their training and lay the groundwork for them to become better doctors.

  Part I provides readers with a glimpse into the lives of physician residents. The chapters discuss challenges related to maintaining morale during residency, as well as encountering stress, burnout, and depression. Part II focuses on resilience, with chapters that examine the biological underpinnings of resilience, professional identity formation, emotional intelligence, and more. In the final part, residents learn about the importance of social support, how to foster personal well-being, and the financial benefits associated with physician wellness.

  Promoting Resiliency and Wellness Among Physician Residents is a critical resource for physician residents and other medical professionals who are interested in improving medical training programs.

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  Physician mental health and well-being : research and practice

  Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt and Ronald B. Hunt

  Publication Date: 7-5-2017

  This book explores the important topic of mental health and related problems among physicians, including trainees. The all-too-common human response of “suffering in silence” and refusing to seek help for professional and personal issues has ramifications for physicians who work in safety-sensitive positions, where clear-headed judgment and proper action can save lives. Problems covered include burnout, disruptive and unprofessional behaviors, impaired performance, traumatic stress, addiction, depression and other mood disorders, and suicide.

  The authors of this work include psychologists, psychiatrists, and other physicians who diagnose and treat a range of patients with stress-related syndromes. Among their patients are physicians who benefit greatly from education, support, coaching, and treatment.

  The book's content is organized into three parts with interconnecting themes. Part I focuses on symptoms and how physicians’ problems manifest at the workplace. Part II discusses the disorders underlying the manifesting symptoms. Part III focuses on interventions at both the individual and organizational levels. The major themes investigated throughout the book are developmental aspects; mental health and wellbeing as a continuum; and the multifactorial contributions of individual, interpersonal, organizational, and cultural elements to physician health.

  This book is intended for anyone who works with, provides support to, or professionally treats distressed physicians. It is also intended for healthcare leaders and organizations that are motivated to improve the experience of providing care and to change the culture of silence, such that seeking help and counsel become normal activities while minimizing stigma. By writing this book, the authors aim to outline effective pathways to well-being and a healthy work-life balance among physicians, so that they may provide optimal and safe care to their patients.