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Helping Yourself

"Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity." — WHO, 1986, Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

How healthy are physicians?

The good news:

physicians live longer and generally have healthier habits than other people (Am J Prev Med 2000; 19:155-9)
physicians smoke much less (Arch Intern Med 1988;158:342-8) and are no more prone to drug or alcohol problems than lawyers or pharmacists (Brewster JM, Drug use among Canadian professionals. Ottawa: Health and Welfare Canada. 1994).

The bad news:

physicians have a higher rate of suicide than the general population (Am J Psychiatry 1999;156:1887-94)
58% report their personal or family life has suffered because they chose medicine as a profession (Physician Resource Questionnaire, CMA, 2001)
46% find medical practice very or extremely stressful (Ontario Medical Association survey, 2001)
almost half of Alberta physicians are in advanced stages of burnout (Alberta Physician Stress and Burnout Research Study, B. Boudreau, R. Goodfellow, R. Wedel, and Alberta Medical Association, 2002)
50% report their workload increased over the previous year, and 64% said it is heavier than they would like (Physician Resource Questionnaires, CMA, 1998-2002)
studies indicate that the availability of drugs makes the possibility of impairment an important issue

Obviously, doctors are grappling with stressors beyond the norm.