Dealing With Stress and Anxiety

Dealing With Stress and Anxiety

“Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.” Hans Selye   Mental battles Famed Endocrinologist Hans Selye, who conducted much work on stress and the human response to it, defined stress as “any event which may make demands upon...
Physician Burnout Part 4: Increasing Our Re-charge at Home

Physician Burnout Part 4: Increasing Our Re-charge at Home

Our lives are often frenetic both at home and at work. The last person that we look after is usually our self. If we step back and consider this for a minute, or if we look at it from the standpoint of us giving a patient advice, then our advice would be that in order...
Stress and Burnout

Stress and Burnout

Stress is endemic at the moment – the NHS is widely known as being a very difficult environment to work in, and doctors seem to be either leaving, emigrating, or becoming so stressed that it results in illness and long-term sick leave. So why are we as a profession so...