“RECOVERY IS A REALITY.”

Resources

Physician Impairment

These resources provide general information about physician impairment and recovery.

Mental Health

These resources provide information about mental health challenges, such as mood management, burnout, stress, and depression.

  • Breaking the Stigma: Physician Mental Wellness and Burnout
    In this deeply personal and insightful podcast from College of American Pathologists, Dr. Alison Van Dyke and Dr. Darrell Kirch share their journeys through mental health challenges and discuss the pervasive issue of physician burnout. With a focus on breaking the stigma, they explore the importance of seeking help, fostering open conversations, and building supportive communities. They also highlight systemic changes in medical training and healthcare environments that promote wellness.
  • Out of the Shadows: Physicians Share Their Mental Health Struggles
    AAMC (March 2023)
    AAMCNews spoke with four physicians about their personal mental health journeys. These physicians shared stories of depression, sexual abuse, substance use, and suicidal thoughts. But they also described healing, hope, strength, and a determination to serve patients with the greatest degree of compassion and the highest quality care.

Substance Use

These resources help educate about alcohol and drug misuse and provide support for recovery.

Videos

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Inside the rehab program helping doctors recover from addiction

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Federation of State Physician Health Programs: Trusted Help for Healthcare Professionals 

Center for a Healthy Maryland Videos

Understanding Healthcare Provider Addiction

This two-part podcast, published by University of Alabama, Birmingham, in January 2025, explains how burnout and demanding work environments contribute to substance use disorder among healthcare providers. Christopher Godlewski, M.D., and Sudheer Potru, D.O., discuss how peer support, resilience training, and tailored recovery plans help providers save their lives and careers.

Wearing Masks I (1995)

The objective of these programs is to help get those with substance use disorder into safe and confidential treatment. Each year sees the death of colleagues due to accidental overdose of powerful anesthesia-based drugs.

Introduction and Part 1
10 min.

Part 2
11 min.

Part 3
10 min.

Wearing Masks II (10 years later, 2005)

Wearing Masks II: The Potential for Drug Addiction in Anesthesia, Revised with New Information, courtesy of All Anesthesia. This is a continuation in the overall program to educate about substance addiction in anesthesia. Wearing Masks I has been used for more than 10 years with anesthesia groups. The concentration now is in the workplace to help co-workers understand how substance addiction works, from the inside of an impaired practitioner’s mind and how to recognize the signs and patterns of addiction.

Introduction and Part 1
9 min.

Part 2
10 min.

Part 3
9 min.

Part 4
5 min.

Wearing Masks III

Wearing Masks III: The Potential for Drug Addiction in Anesthesia.

Introduction and Part 1
24 min.

Part 2
14 min.

Part 3
18 min.

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