{"title":"AMA working to support physician health and wellbeing","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34356","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Observing that more than 40% of physicians avoid seeking mental health care due to stigmatizing language on disclosure requirements on licensure forms, the American Medical Association (AMA) has been urging licensing boards, hospitals, health system and credentialing bodies to follow recommendations provided in its issue brief to remove inappropriate questions about mental health care and treatment for a substance use disorder.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 9","pages":"3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Mental Health Weekly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mhw.34356","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Observing that more than 40% of physicians avoid seeking mental health care due to stigmatizing language on disclosure requirements on licensure forms, the American Medical Association (AMA) has been urging licensing boards, hospitals, health system and credentialing bodies to follow recommendations provided in its issue brief to remove inappropriate questions about mental health care and treatment for a substance use disorder.