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WASHINGTON, March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) applauds the reintroduction of the bipartisan Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act and strongly supports its timely passage into law. Emergency physicians and other health care workers risk their lives every day to protect patients and this bill ensures that our heroes on the frontlines can seek mental health care if they need it, said Mark Rosenberg, DO, MBA, FACEP, president of ACEP. Dr. Lorna Breen s legacy will extend long after this pandemic is over. The bill carrying her name will be a lifeline for emergency physicians who absorb extraordinary levels of grief, anxiety and other stressors but feel their only option is to struggle in silence.
Coronavirus: Doctors, facing burnout, turn to self-care
An October poll of 862 emergency physicians nationwide from the American College of Emergency Physicians and Morning Consult found that 87% felt more stressed since the onset of COVID-19, with 72% experiencing a greater degree of professional burnout New York Times February 03, 2021 / 02:20 PM IST
Dr. Michelle Thompson, a family medicine physician, at her home in Vienna, Ohio on Jan. 15, 2021. A growing number of programs aim to help doctors, nurses and medical students who are struggling with mental health issues during the pandemic. (Dustin Franz/The New York Times)
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Dr. Michelle Thompson knows a lot about self-care. A family medicine physician in Vienna, Ohio, she specializes in lifestyle and integrative care, using both conventional and alternative therapies to help her patients heal. She also teaches medical personnel how to prevent and treat burnout.
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This year, the world has been busy with the Covid-19 pandemic, and various governments are doing everything it can on a budget for their country s COVID relief.
Governments made COVID relief their number one priority in the first half of the year regardless of their respective countries economic stability that will soon deteriorate and plummet as the year proceeds. World superpowers like the U.S., China, the U.K., and others of the same capabilities lend an immense amount of money to their respective allies to boost their power to conduct and supply COVID relief to their citizens.