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When John died I met with a therapist to learn how to talk about death with children. The kids and I went to @TheSharingPlace and they said to tell kids- it's OK to sometimes be sad and it's ok to be really happy too.
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🌳 The annual National Suicide Memorial Day for Health and Care Workers happened last week. 🌳. Thank you to all attendees and particularly to those who have organised these meaningful events.
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"Repeated information is often perceived as more truthful than new information."
neuroscientists discovered your brain believes whatever you think on repeat, and it doesn't care if it's true.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The cited 2021 paper studied the illusory truth effect: people rate externally repeated statements as more true because they become easier to process. It did not find that the brain automatically believes whatever you think internally on repeat, or that truth is irrelevant. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
People in LinkedIn: You can use AI to exploit labor and get more done.
yawn.
Is this going to be like an assembly line situation where we get better at work or like- Radium.
One things continues- there are some people who will use it to take advantage and some who won't.
Today is Physician Suicide Awareness Day.
Recent surveys show that 15% of Physicians have experienced suicidal thoughts. This is up from 9% a few years ago.
Are things getting better for physicians, for healthcare workers, for individuals?
Every person can help.
Mental Health is Health.
Supporting each other and showing up is always the right thing to do.
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness
Self-Compassion and Empathy: Impact on Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress in Medical Training scirp.org/journal/paperinfor…
Self-Compassion and Empathy: Impact on Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress in Medical Training scirp.org/journal/paperinfor…
Association of Physicians’ Self-Compassion with Work Engagement, Exhaustion, and Professional Life Satisfaction mdpi.com/410438 #mdpimedsci via @medsci_MDPI
6 months for a technology change!!! I’ve seen VA move fast but this made me a little dizzy. It’s hard to change out technology systems that fast.
This is separate from the ethics of privacy and government.
npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-572…
Happy new year! May your news have less political stuff in it and your friends and family be healthy.
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1/ Welcome to Edition 282 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today, I’ll summarize our national study of social isolation among physicians @MayoProceedings
Social Isolation and Burnout, Professional Fulfillment, and Suicidal Ideation Among US Physicians
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Friday October 17 is National Pasta Day.
Food is love.
Think about sending someone you love pasta today.
Follow me for a mix of real and less-real tips for improving mental health.
#NationalPastaDay #Pasta
If you need to join doordash to send someone pasta- here is my personal link- drd.sh/dzYTY1CKLDpD0ChJ Also, how did you make it this long without @DoorDash that is WILD.
So soon!
Organizations can make registration available for employees.
Healthcare health matters to all of us.
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1/ Welcome to Edition 271 of West’s #WellBeingWednesday! Today as I recover from the glow of #ACPH2025 I’ll review threads and content from July 2024: resilience, the privilege of helping others grow, embracing humanness, and leadership! #burnout #medtwitter #meded