{"title":"Physician heal thyself: tips to manage stress & burnouts among doctors in India","authors":"P. SureshK, Ey, Vidushi Sharma","doi":"10.15406/aovs.2018.08.00307","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The situation is even worse in India. According to a report, 19.5% females and 12% males in the health care experience depression, this is even more prevalent among medical students as around 15 to 30% medical students screened positive for depression. Another study conducted by Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine showed that 14% of health care professionals are heavy smokers, 18% depend on antidepressants, and 21% drink alcohol in high volumes.3","PeriodicalId":90420,"journal":{"name":"Advances in ophthalmology & visual system","volume":"26 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Advances in ophthalmology & visual system","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.15406/aovs.2018.08.00307","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The situation is even worse in India. According to a report, 19.5% females and 12% males in the health care experience depression, this is even more prevalent among medical students as around 15 to 30% medical students screened positive for depression. Another study conducted by Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine showed that 14% of health care professionals are heavy smokers, 18% depend on antidepressants, and 21% drink alcohol in high volumes.3