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Reports of sexual harassment in first-year resident physicians
The Michigan Daily UMich study finds more than half of new doctors report sexual harassment By Eilene Koo / April 21, 2024
U.S.News Most New Doctors Have Faced Sexual Harassment, Study Shows By Dennis Thompson / March 25, 2024​
PTSD, Workplace Trauma Lower Among First-Year Residents During COVID-19
HCP Live New cohort analysis shows residents entering medicine in 2020 were actually less likely to report symptoms of PTSD than their earlier peers By Kevin Kunzmann / August 22, 2023
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Is It Burnout or Depression? Expanding Efforts to Improve Physician Well-Being
New England Journal of Medicine Interview with Dr. Srijan Sen on the current emphasis on distinguishing burnout from depression and possible unintended consequences for physician well-being Interview by NEJM / November 3, 2022
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Work-hours and depression in first-year resident physicians
University of Michigan Work-hours and depression in first-year resident physicians Video by Eric Shaw / October 28, 2022
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Mental Health Stigma Among Doctors
New York Times Why So Many Doctors Treat Their Mental Health in Secret By Seema Jilani / March 30, 2022
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Physician Work-Life Balance During a Pandemic
MPR Pandemic Had Greater Effect on Work-Life Balance for Female Physicians November 29, 2021
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Psychiatry Advisor Gender Disparities in Mental Health Among Physician Parents Increased During the COVID-19 Pandemic By Mary Stroka / December 22, 2021
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Harvard Business Review Why So Many Women Physicians Are Quitting By Jessica Dudley, Sarah McLaughlin, Thomas H. Lee​ / January 19, 2022
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Medical Education Supporting Residents with Disabilities
Chief Healthcare Executive Medical education programs must do more to support residents with disabilities
By Ron Southwick Blum / January 12, 2022
Mental Health, Stress & Burnout Among Medical Residents
New York Times 'Worry Burnout' is Real By Dani Blum / December 16, 2021
MindSite News Medical residents’ mental health better than the previous generation’s By Laurie Udesky / November 18, 2021
Daylight Saving Time Change Toughest on Night Owls
U.S.News If you struggle with the spring time change, your genes may be to blame By Robert Preidt / July 26, 2021
Irregular Sleep Connected to Bad Moods and Depression
Sleep Review Misaligned Sleep Cycles Contribute to Mood Changes December 24, 2024
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ScienceDaily Getting in Sync: Wearables reveal happiest time to sleep December 18, 2024
The Michigan Daily UMich researchers find link between circadian rhythm misalignment and mood by Mia Barr / March 26, 2024
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The University of Michigan News The science behind waking up on the wrong side of the bed by Morgan Sherburne / March 12, 2024
​The Washington Post Good sleep means more than getting enough hours By Pam Moore / April 30, 2021
RNZ Irregular sleep patterns linked to bad moods, depression From Sunday Morning, 7:18 am on 14 March 2021
Daily Mail A lie-in at the weekend could actually make you GLOOMY By Thea Jourdan /March 8, 2021
SCIENCE Alert There Could Be a Dramatic Hidden Impact of Not Having a Regular Bedtime By David Nield /Feb. 24, 2021
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Inc. Want to Be Happier and More in Control? Science Says Sleep Like This Every Night By Bill Murphy Jr. / February, 2021
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The Times Waking at a regular time keeps people in a good mood By Katie Gibbons / Feb. 19, 2021
COVID-19 Exacts Emotional Toll on Doctors
The Washington Post Covid-19 only exacerbated a longer pattern of health-care worker stress By Agnes Arnold-Forster and Samuel Schotland / April 29, 2021
The New Yorker What Fighting the Corona Virus Feels Like By Dhruv Khullar / July 7, 2020
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U.S. News COVID-19 Exacts Emotional Toll on Doctors By Steven Reinberg / June 2, 2020
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The Michigan Daily City or suburb, students’ mental health impacted by lengthy quarantine By Sarah Payne and Magdalena Mihaylova / May 13, 2020
EurekAlert Study in Chinese doctors shows mental toll of caring in the time of COVID-19 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) / June 1, 2020
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Michigan Medicine - Global Reach U-M study: Depression incidence and factors among residents are similar in China and US University of Michigan / June 14, 2022
BMJ Opinion Is there a place for politics in medicine? By Elena Frank, Brahmajee K Nallamothu, and Srijan Sen / December 9, 2019
Reuters Major political events depress young doctors' moods By Linda Carroll / December 11, 2019
MSN The decade that changed the way we think about mental health By Lindsay Holmes / December 24, 2019
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Depression in Docs Leads to Medical Errors and Vice Versa
Live discussion on periscope By Seth Trueger and Angel N. Desai / December 3, 2019
BECKER's Depressed physicians tied to more medical errors By Mackenzie Bean / December 2, 2019
Medscape Depression in Docs Leads to Medical Errors and Vice Versa By Pauline Anderson / November 27, 2019
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Why Women Leave Medicine
AAMC NEWS Why women leave medicine By AMY PATUREL, MS, MPH, SPECIAL TO AAMCNEWS / October 1, 2019
It’s Time to Get Serious About Resident Wellness
AAMC NEWS It’s time to get serious about resident wellness By Srijan Sen, MD, PhD / August 09, 2019
Technology Networks Top 10 Genomics News Stories of 2019 By Molly Campbell, Science Writer / Dec 12, 2019
The New York Times How Job Stress Can Age Us By Dhruv Khullar, M.D. / July 25, 2019
CMAJ News Stress of first postgraduate year leaves mark at cellular level for medical trainees By Carolyn Brown / June19, 2019
4 Factors that Contribute to Depression Among First-Year Physicians
BECKER'S 4 Factors That Contribute to Depression Among First-Year Physicians By Emily Rappleye / January 23, 2019
Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians
NPR Doctors Today May Be Miserable, But Are They 'Burnt Out'? By Mara Gordon / September 18, 2018
Young Doctors are Depressed. Here's How Fitbit Can Help.
CNBC Here's how Fitbit can help By Christina Farr/ August 23, 2018
This Medical Student Turned Her Depression Into A Movement
The Michigan Daily When Doctors become patients By Rachel Leung / September 20, 2018
Newsy Rahael Gupta is encouraging future doctors to seek help By Carrie C., Maren M., Vik N and Patrick T. / August 10, 2018
Effects of Sleep, Physical Activity, and Shift Work on Daily Mood
Doximity New doctors' intense and changing schedules take a toll on sleep, activity and mood
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MED-U New Doctors' Intense, Changing Schedules Take a Toll By Kara Gavin / March 15, 2018 11:00 AM
Work-Family Conflict and the Sex Difference in Depression Among Training Physicians
The New York Times Being a Doctor Is Hard. It’s Harder for Women. By Dhruv Khullar / Dec. 7, 2017
Doximity Work-Family Conflict and the Sex Difference in Depression Among Training Physicians
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MUSC News Work-Family Balance Can Tip Wrong Way for Some Young Doctors By S. Corrin Garr / October 30, 2017
More Than a Quarter of Medical Students are Depressed, Suicidal
The Wall Street Journal Suicide Reverberates Among Young Doctors By Jennifer Calfas / April 26, 2025
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Altmetric Top 100 Most Discussed Articles of 2017
CNN More Than Quarter of Medical Students are Depressed, Suicidal By Susan Scutti / December 6, 2016
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The Boston Globe Depression Common Among Medical School Students By Liz Kowalczyk / December 6, 2016
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CBC NEWS Medical Student Face 'Alarmingly High' Rate of Depression By Kas Roussy / December 7, 2016
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iTech Post Alarming Suicide Rate: 27 Percent Of Medical School Students Are Depressed And Suicidal
By Christie Abagon / December 8, 2016
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NEWS EVERYDAY 27 Percent of Medical Students Are Depressed And Suicidal According To Study
By Kelly Callanga / December 8, 2016
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Foreign Affairs Medical School Can Be an Emotional Pressure-Cooker By Foreign Affairs Publisher / December 8, 2016
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The Lancet A Journalist's Personal Story By Matthew Shaw / November 2016
The Michigan Daily Eisenberg Family Donates $10.75 Million to University Depression Center By Irene Park / 25 Oct. 2016
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The University Record $40M gift supports Michigan Medicine's new specialty care facility By MargaretAnn Cross / 12 June 2025
The Biology of Physician Mental Health. Dr Srijan Sen of the ‘Intern Health Study’
The DOCTOR PARADOX The Biology of Physician Mental Health By P.Barrett / 17 July 2016
Healing Medicine’s Future: Prioritizing Physician Trainee Mental Health
AMA Journal of Ethics® Prioritizing Physician Trainee Mental Health Ethics talk / June 2016
Hospitals Scramble to Offer Mental Health Care for Depressed Physicians
Depression in Medical Interns: A Special 3-Part Series
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention May, 2016
Part 1 of 3: Tackling High Rates of Depression and Suicidal Ideation in Medical Interns
Part 2 of 3: Whether a Reduction in the Number of Duty Hours Changed the Rate of Depression and SI
Part 3 of 3: Could Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Help Reduce Depression in Medical Interns?
The DOCTOR PARADOX Are Physician Burnout & Depression The Same? – Dr Douglas Mata Provides Insight
By P.Barrett / 24 July 2016
Medicine at Michigan Under Pressure: The Rise of Depression in Young Doctors By Lauren Crawford / Spring 2016
Altmetric Depression and Depressive Symptoms Among Resident Physicians: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
The New York Times Silence Is the Enemy for Doctors Who Have Depression By Aaron E. Carroll / Jan. 11, 2016
NEWSWEEK Do Residencies Make Doctors-in-Training Depressed? By Stav Ziv On 12/8/15 at 3:31 PM
TIME Health Young Training Physicians Suffer High Rates of Depression By Mandy Oaklander / Dec. 8, 2015
The Washington Post Nearly a Third of New Doctors at High Risk for Depression By Lena H. Sun / December 8 at 11:21 AM
29% of Young Doctors Are Depressed
Media Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention to Reduce Suicide Ideation in Medical Interns Nov. 4, 2015
NDTV Web-Based Tool Could Keep Suicidal Thoughts Away
TECH TIMES New Web-Based Tool May Help Reduce Suicidal Thoughts
Psychiatry Advisor Internet-Based CBT Lowers Suicidal Ideation in Medical Interns November 09, 2015
MEDPAGE TODAY Help for Interns Considering Suicide By Eve Bender / 11.09.2015
The Michigan Daily Web Therapy Helps First-Year Medical Students Fight Depression By Sanjay Reddy / November 24, 2015
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Internet-Based CBT Lowers Suicidal Ideation in Medical Interns
Portions of Physicians Who Suffer From Depression at Their Internship: 1/2
Depressed, Stressed Out and Breaking Up:
BECKER'S Hospital Review What This Top Researcher Learned From Medical Interns Spetember 9, 2015
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LIFE / SUPPORT Doctors are stressed, burned out, depressed ...... save the mental health of America's doctors
August 28, 2015
Suicide Rates Among Medical Students, Physicians
Drugs, Talk Therapy and the Brain
The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/opinion/drugs-talk-therapy-and-the-brain.html July, 2015
Well-Being May Be an Effective Predictor of Depression
GoodTherapy.org Well-Being May Be an Effective Predictor of Depression By Jen Wilson / July 30, 2013
USA Today Residents Make More Errors on Shorter Shifts By Janice Lloyd /
Time Magazine Fewer Hours for Doctors in Training Leading to More MistakesMarch 26, 2013
Los Angeles Times Limiting Hospital Intern Shifts May Not Cut Errors By Monte Morin / March 25, 2013
Detroit Free Press Studies: Residents Make More Errors On Shorter Shifts By Janice Lloyd / March 25, 2013
CBS News Shorter Shifts For Medical Interns May Not Mean Fewer Mistakes By Michelle Castillo / March 26, 2013, 12:23 PM
ABC News For Resident Doctors, Shorter Shifts Mean More Mistakes Published March 27, 2013 / Reuters
The Boston Globe Maybe An Exhausted Doctor Isn't So Bad After All By Kevin Hartnett / April 4, 2013 11:21 AM
For Resident Doctors, Shorter Shifts Mean More Mistakes ?
Fewer Doctors-In-Training Are Prescribing Themselves Medication
Gene Variant Could Predict Chance of Depression ?
The New York Times On Road to Recovery, Past Adversity Provides a Map By BENEDICT CAREY / January 3, 2011
Time Magazine A Gene to Explain Depression By Alice Park / January 3, 2011
Los Angeles Times Depression Gene: its rise, its fall, its rise? By Rosie Mestel / January 3, 2011
ABC News Gene Variant Could Predict Chance of Depression By COURTNEY HUTCHISON / January 4, 2011
Michigan Daily 'U' Researcher Confirms Link Between Stress and Depression BY SUZANNE JACOBS / January 11, 2011