WV Physicians Health Program
- Federation State PHPs Article “Developments with the West Virginia Physician Health Program
- WVSMA articles-title “What is a Physician Health Program?”
- “Up and Running”
- “Eighteen Months and Going Strong”
- WVSAM article – “A ‘Sick’ Physician- Finds Help & Serenity: His Story”
- WVAPA – “WVMPHP-Your Life Preserver in the Sea of Regulatory Sharks”
- WVAPA “Why PAs Need to Share in the Funding of the WVMPHP”
- WVAPA “The WVMPHP Program: More than Just Substance Abuse Problems”
Physician Health Programs
- Essential components of physician health program monitoring for substance use disorder: A survey of participants 5 years post successful program completion
- “Six Lessons From State Physician Health Programs to Promote Long-Term Recovery”
- “The Three Missing Elements in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders: Lessons from the Physician Health Programs”
Mental Health & Wellness
Anxiety, Burnout, & Stress
- Medscape “The Pitfalls of Giving Free Advice to Family and Friends”
- Mayo Clinic - Changes in Burnout Satisfaction w/Work Life Balance in Physicians, 2011-2014
- What Health Care Can Teach Other Industries About Preventing Burnout
- Physician Burnout: Definition(s), Cause(s), Impact(s), Solution(s)
- Healthcare Professionals’ Mental Health Needs: Where Can They Go?
COVID-19
- Stigma Compounds the Consequences of Clinician Burnout During COVID-19: A Call to Action to Break the Culture of Silence - National Academy of Medicine
- MMWR-Mental Health, Substance Use & Suicidal Ideation During COVID-19
- As pandemic rages, physician wellness suffers in silence | American Medical Association (ama-assn.org)
Depression & Suicide
Addiction & Substance Use Disorders
Potential Impairment/Impairment
Alcohol, Marijuana, Opiates, & Other Substances
PHP & Other Studies
- EE&P “Anesthesiologists with Substance Use Disorders: A 5-Year Outcome Study from 16 State Physician Health Programs”
- PHP.Phase1 “How are Addicted Physicians Treated? A National Survey of Physician Health Programs”
- “Five Year Outcomes in a Cohort Study of Physicians Treated for Substance Use Disorders in the United States”
Newsletters
- WV Bd of Medicine Newsletter- “WVMPHP Updated June 24, 2010”
- WV Bd of Medicine Newsletter- “Meet the Medical Director of the WVMPHP”
- WVAPA Bulletin-Practicing Medicine with a Mental Illness
- WVAPA Bulletin-Workplace Stress and the Healthcare Provider
- WV Bd of Medicine June 2015-Newsletter “Update on WVMPHP”