Doctors still see own mental health problems as sign of weakness, research finds

Employers in the medical profession must take steps to reduce the stigma of mental illness among their workforce so that doctors feel able to get help, researchers from Swansea University have said.

The recommendation came as a survey of UK doctors, conducted by the BMA, found that most doctors (80%) were at a high or very high risk of burnout, with junior doctors most at risk.1

For their study, to be published in an upcoming edition of the International Review of …