how hospital pressures harm doctors’ mental health
- Written by Belinda Lunnay, Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, Torrens University Australia
Dragana Gordic/ShutterstockEven before the COVID pandemic, which added significant pressure to the health-care workforce, Australian doctors experienced poor mental health at higher rates than the overall population.
The risk is particularly high for medical students, junior doctors and female doctors. A recent review of data from 20 countries...





