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Addicted to medicine?

Are physicians addicted to medicine? in this article I will argue that medicine can be so intoxicating, even if it’s bad for us, that doctors can become addicted to it. Before too long, a medical life becomes a way of life until we don’t know any different.

Dr Corrigan 2026-08-03

A charter to normalize physician mental health

Imagine a world where no doctor needed to fear sanctions or discrimination for struggling mentally, particularly when the modern practice of medicine is so fraught with conditions causing moral distress. Here’s how to normalize physician mental health.

Dr Corrigan 2026-07-27

Just keep swimming

In part two of his series, Dr. Chad Lennon explores recovering from burnout, processing grief, and shifting focus from clinical perfection to human connection.

Chad Lennon, MD 2026-07-27

A note to the suicidal doctor

A note to the suicidal doctor from the heart of one who has been there and come through stronger.

Dr Corrigan 2026-07-20

Every Doctor Starts As A Goldfish

Every doctor starts with innocent wonder, but medical training forces an evolutionary shift. Explore the hidden cost of becoming a “shark” in medicine.

Chad Lennon, MD 2026-07-20

“Second victim” trauma in medicine

When things go wrong, it is easy to focus only on the “first victim” and forget those around them affected by the error – especially the clinician who made a mistake, also known as the “second victim” in medicine.

Dr Corrigan 2026-07-13

This article discusses physician resilience programs that may enhance self-care and our ability to cope with the stresses of modern medicine.

Physician resilience programs designed by doctors

Dr Corrigan 2022-02-08

The idea of physicians boosting their own resilience seems reasonable – at least as this relates to the personal resilience required for being a doctor. Here we present a number of physician resilience programs designed by doctors

interventions for physician resilience -Coping skills can be learned for the inherent stresses of medicine, we will be better able to serve our patients. Evidence-based resources:

Interventions for physician resilience: The evidence base

Dr Corrigan 2022-02-01

The idea of physicians boosting their own resilience seems reasonable – at least as this relates to the personal resilience required for being a doctor. Here we summarize the evidence base of interventions for physician resilience

In this article, we present resources for enhancing physician resilience for the burned-out physician or medical leader.

Resources for physician resilience

Dr Corrigan 2022-01-18

If there’s one good thing about a pandemic, it’s increased public awareness of their healthcare workers as human beings under stress. In this article, we have pulled together a number of resources for physician resilience developed by professional organizations for the interested physician reader and physician leader.

Physician Burnout and Suicide Report makes for disturbing reading: 42% of us are burned out.

Physician burnout report 2021: “Death by 1,000 cuts”

Dr Corrigan 2022-01-01

Let’s talk about physician wellbeing in the COVID era. Burnout and depression are still serious problems among physicians, especially amid COVID-19. The 2021 Medscape National Physician Burnout and Suicide Report makes for disturbing reading. More than 12,000 doctors across 29 specialties responded to the anonymous survey which ran from August to December 2020.