Benjamin Brookwell

Oct 3, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Santina Wheat |Martin Lustick |Benjamin Brookwell |George Mathew

The American Medical Association recently reported a decline in physician burnout rates, which is fantastic news. Decreasing burnout means happier doctors, improved patient care, and healthier relationships with family and friends. Yet, even with this progress, burnout rates in my own specialty, family medicine, along with other primary care specialties, remain staggeringly high—over 50 percent.

Apr 4, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Lewis M. Cohen |Carole Estabrooks |Cindy Thompson |Benjamin Brookwell

Last month, the daughters of Wendy Miller, a 68-year-old author of three bestselling books about her experience with dementia, posted online her final words: “In the end, I died simply by deciding not to eat or drink anymore.”Her stark statement reminded me of my interviews with Dan Winter, 62, which had begun nine months before he, too, took his own life.

Jul 7, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Benjamin Brookwell |George Mathew |Steven Siegel |Ronald A. Paulus

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes!Join us on this episode as we welcome Mohammed Umer Waris, a family medicine resident, to discuss the alarming rise of “deaths of despair” and its impact on life expectancy in the United States. Umer sheds light on the factors contributing to this distressing trend, including substance abuse, mental health issues, and the decline of social connections. We explore the role of loneliness and its implications for overall well-being.