Mental Health

The latest Stress in America™ poll from the American Psychological Association shows many US adults have suffered negative mental and physical changes due to pandemic-related stress.

In a new survey of patients with severe asthma, COVID-19-related anxiety was found to be a potential risk factor for clinical worsening of disease and decline in quality of life.

Irregular sleeping patterns can increase risk of depression and lower daily mood over the long term, according to a new study of first-year medical students.

Obesity Medicine Association President Craig Primack, MD, reminds PCPs that stress management is a key to good self care for everyone and offers tips to share with patients.

In episode 6 of Primary Viewpoints, physician mental health expert Michael Myers, MD, discusses the state of physician mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic, says Dr Michael Myers, is an unprecedented environment for practicing medicine and for practitioners to effectively process daily experience.

Michael Myers, MD, a physician to physicians, urges any clinician who, worn out by COVID-19, has thoughts of leaving medicine to seek counseling first.

Thirty-day hospital readmission was found to be higher among cardiovascular patients who believed readmission was highly likely vs those who did not believe so.

Are you caught up on the latest guidance for the nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment of major depressive disorder? Find out with this quick quiz.

Treating COVID-19 patients under the most challenging physical and emotional conditions has led to a sense of moral injury for many providers, according to Dr Michael Myers.