Dealing with a toxic person close to you is traumatic, draining, and upsetting. My older sister is a toxic person, and I endured her behavior for over 40 years. I recommend making a clean break from a toxic person around the holidays and birthdays when…
The fentanyl crisis represents a grave and lethal epidemic, marked by the illicit consumption of powerful synthetic opioids, resulting in a staggering increase in fatal overdose cases. Physician Emily Watters offers her unique insights on this critical…
The fentanyl crisis represents a grave and lethal epidemic, marked by the illicit consumption of powerful synthetic opioids, resulting in a staggering increase in fatal overdose cases. Physician Emily Watters offers her unique insights on this critical…
Although many systemic factors universally contribute to both burnout in both male and female physicians, female physicians also tend to experience burnout at disproportionately high rates versus their male counterparts. Burnout, also known as a state …
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Amna Shabbir, an internal medicine physician, as she shares her personal journey and reflections on physician burnout and its impact on family dynamics. Amna opens up about her early e…
I spent years researching and writing about the health care crisis. It was depressing and isolating — traumatizing. When I met someone with more reach, it was a relief to be able to stop. Early on, it was obvious to me that our medical health care cris…
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Susan Biali Haas, a physician and author of The Resilient Life: Manage Stress, Prevent Burnout, & Strengthen Your Mental and Physical Health. In this episode, we delve into the per…
A recent conversation about a young man’s reluctance to seek help made me reflect on society’s attitude regarding expectations for men and their impact on their mental health. Lately, there has been growing recognition of the importance of mental healt…
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Monika Roots, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and health care executive, who explores the concerning rise in diagnoses of depression, anxiety, and behavioral problems, the shortcom…
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join us as we explore the intersection of medicine and art. Our guest, Farid Alsabeh, a clinical psychologist, delves into the rich tradition of medical poetry during the Islamic Golden Era…
