Burnout is not that simple
2026-05-11
Physician burnout overlaps with depression, anxiety, and trauma. Shared root causes in medicine explain rising distress among doctors.
Physician burnout overlaps with depression, anxiety, and trauma. Shared root causes in medicine explain rising distress among doctors.
The hidden toll of being a doctor: burnout, depression, and suicide are rising. Why physicians aren’t getting help—and what needs to change.
How physicians can overcome burnout and isolation by building connection, support, and purpose—creating more good days in medicine.
This article discusses physician mental health stigma and explores ways to overcome this unnecessary barrier to getting help.
Bullying in medicine is a pervasive issue that has far-reaching consequences for healthcare trainees and professionals and, ultimately, patient care.
Before you started studying / working in medicine, how many hours of sleep did you get a night (on average)? What happened to your sleep during med school, residency, and beyond? Sleep, and the lack thereof, is so tied up in our working hours and such a tradition in medicine, that we almost take the lack of it for granted.
When doctors lose control over how they practice medicine, patients feel it first. From delayed care to rising dissatisfaction, new research confirms what many physicians already know: autonomy isn’t a luxury—it’s a lifeline.
Dr. Corrigan reflects on why physician burnout remains a critical issue in 2026. Drawing on research and lived experience, he explores what’s changing, what isn’t, and why connection still matters.
Physicians aren’t struggling because they lack resilience. They’re burning out in a broken system. Here’s why doctors are already resilient—and what must change.
Private equity hospital takeovers are putting patients at risk. Learn how PE ownership leads to worse outcomes, service closures, and higher costs — and what physicians and communities can do about it.
Instead of the usual venting, sharing, and nodding in quiet solidarity, we turned the spotlight onto a book—The Art of Surrender by Dr David Hawkins.
We heal others best when we heal ourselves. The culture of self-sacrifice in medicine is killing us—and our patients. Rest isn’t lazy. It’s medicine.