The Physician Lifeline May 2024
Overcoming Addiction In Residency & Fellowship
Interview by Frances Mei Hardin, MD
Courtney Barrows McKeown, MD, is a dynamo. She’s everything you would want and expect in a surgeon: confident, articulate, acutely self-aware. Her movements are deft and self-assured. She’s an open book; she’ll tell you what she thinks, where she’s been, and what she’s learned. There’s something else about her, too, that immediately sets her apart from the typical surgeon. It’s humility.
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'If you seek help, you risk your career': Physician suicide needs solutions, not silence
Article by Emma Bascom Published by Healio
High rates of physician suicide are a devastating reality that require multiple solutions, according to experts.
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and Sep. 17 was National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. The Physicians Foundation, a nonprofit organization, marked the occasion by releasing a new report — the 2023 Survey of America’s Current and Future Physicians — that offered troubling insights into the current state of mental health among medical providers and students.
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Help Our Healers 2023 Annual Fund Drive
Contributions make MPHP programs and services available to all Missouri physicians, residents and students.
Together we can Help our Healers.
The MPHP is excited to announce an expansion of services in 2024.
In addition to physicians, the MPHP is now available to serve all Missouri healthcare professionals.
Our mission remains the same — the MPHP helps distressed healthcare professionals struggling with mental health issues, addiction, or behavioral health issues.
This includes disruptive behavior, boundary violations, sexual misconduct, licensure issues, family related issues, end-of career transition and physical illness.
We advocate for, and support, those in need of our services.
We are not punitive or judgmental; instead, we are compassionate and understanding. Our goal is to facilitate a return to both a healthy personal and professional life for those we serve.
The MPHP does not receive any public funding. We are a 501(c)(3) organization, meaning we depend entirely on client fees and, more importantly, donations from individuals and interested organizations.
Additional services are expensive, and we could not continue to provide this much needed assistance without your generous support. We are beyond grateful for our community partnerships.
Please consider a donation, or an increase in your contribution this year. Your generosity is your gift to the community. If you would like to donate, please send to:
MPHP
1023 Executive Parkway #16
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
If you or someone you know needs assistance, please call our confidential hotline anytime at (314) 578 - 9574.
Talk with a professional. Ask for help. Learn more.
Respectfully,
Mary Fahey
MPHP+, Executive Director
