Doctors with DepressionDoctors With DepressionThe informational article I selected to complete a critique on is “Silence is the Enemy for Doctors Who Have Depression” from The New York Times. This article was written by Aaron E. Carroll, who according to The New York Times is “a professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine. He [also] blogs on health research and policy at The Incidental Economist. This article was featured on The New York Times’ website and is available to the public.
The mental health problem that Aaron E. Carroll discusses is the presence of depression among doctors and the stigma that surrounds it. The following line found in the article clearly states the purpose of the article: “The critical issue here is that too many physicians, especially trainees, suffer in silence, afraid to ask for help for fear that they will be punished professionally, and probably, personally.” Furthermore, Carroll discusses how doctors have a constant strain on them due to the high stress level of their job, and this unfortunately leads to high rates of depression and a moderately high rate of suicidal thoughts and/or actions; therefore, because of the professional consequences of revealing the presence of depression or depressive thoughts, physicians suffer in silence and are often afraid to seek help. This can probably go without saying that this is a serious issue.
The authors of the article consider this as an important and important point. It would be difficult to find research to provide more detailed assessments of the psychological impact of disclosing the diagnosis.
The paper’s methodology has an interesting message. We assume that there are no psychosocial consequences to disclosing the diagnosis of depression, since we assume that the psychological impact of disclosing the diagnosis is severe or nonthreatening. However, the authors explain the use of the term “trivial risk” in the article. To illustrate, a large proportion of the literature is dedicated to understanding the risks and challenges involved in discussing the diagnosis with patients, and it is possible that the authors have not included a list of all of the risk levels that might or would affect the patient’s decision to disclose the diagnosis and their response. A significant number of patients have an opportunity to discuss the diagnosis with a GP or family member. This makes the use of this information difficult. Moreover, as you will see, the authors do not attempt to discuss medical risks that could be avoided in such a way with patients, so I find it very tempting that a focus on mental health may have less impact than they would be able to see through the lack of information.
The authors conclude with:
We believe clinicians’ need to provide mental health professionals with support when discussing the diagnosis is important. However, what we focus on is how an assessment of depression, especially when viewed in this context, is both emotionally and psychologically damaging to patients and a substantial number of clinicians, including senior medical schools and psychiatrists, should be aware of the consequences of disclosing the diagnostic diagnosis. It cannot be assumed that the prevalence of mental illness will increase for any reason.
We ask that you look at the article again if you find it inappropriate. While the authors have been clear that they acknowledge the existence of the danger from disclosing the diagnosis, we feel that they cannot provide any more information. It remains to be seen how and if you will go through the article again, because we have no clear method for collecting and analyzing the articles. Hopefully this will be followed up by the authors on how to avoid the risks from disclosing the diagnosis.
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The authors of the article consider this as an important and important point. It would be difficult to find research to provide more detailed assessments of the psychological impact of disclosing the diagnosis.
The paper’s methodology has an interesting message. We assume that there are no psychosocial consequences to disclosing the diagnosis of depression, since we assume that the psychological impact of disclosing the diagnosis is severe or nonthreatening. However, the authors explain the use of the term “trivial risk” in the article. To illustrate, a large proportion of the literature is dedicated to understanding the risks and challenges involved in discussing the diagnosis with patients, and it is possible that the authors have not included a list of all of the risk levels that might or would affect the patient’s decision to disclose the diagnosis and their response. A significant number of patients have an opportunity to discuss the diagnosis with a GP or family member. This makes the use of this information difficult. Moreover, as you will see, the authors do not attempt to discuss medical risks that could be avoided in such a way with patients, so I find it very tempting that a focus on mental health may have less impact than they would be able to see through the lack of information.
The authors conclude with:
We believe clinicians’ need to provide mental health professionals with support when discussing the diagnosis is important. However, what we focus on is how an assessment of depression, especially when viewed in this context, is both emotionally and psychologically damaging to patients and a substantial number of clinicians, including senior medical schools and psychiatrists, should be aware of the consequences of disclosing the diagnostic diagnosis. It cannot be assumed that the prevalence of mental illness will increase for any reason.
We ask that you look at the article again if you find it inappropriate. While the authors have been clear that they acknowledge the existence of the danger from disclosing the diagnosis, we feel that they cannot provide any more information. It remains to be seen how and if you will go through the article again, because we have no clear method for collecting and analyzing the articles. Hopefully this will be followed up by the authors on how to avoid the risks from disclosing the diagnosis.
We hope this is helpful. Any feedback is welcome!
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Within the general public, the issue present in this article deals primarily with physicians. Exploring the subgroups targeted more specifically, it is stated that individuals in their first few weeks of residency can become the most depressed, but even then they are too afraid to make that fact known.
The major points that are identified are that this problem is occurring, even if no one really thinks it is and also that it is okay to seek assistance even if others frown upon it. In fact, it is not surprising that many individuals