Jan. 6, 2026Tuesday entertainmentmedical trainingmental health Reflections How poetry helps me process my medical training Dawson Myers, OMS III, shares how creative writing serves as his respite from busy days of taking in and processing information. Art of Medicine By Dawson Myers, OMS III
Nov. 4, 2025Tuesday mental health Healing out loud DO’s bipolar diagnosis leads him to a career in psychiatry After publicly sharing his bipolar diagnosis as a premed, Logan Noone, DO, transformed his lived experience with mental illness into a driving force for empathy and advocacy in psychiatry. Burnout By Vania Manipod, DO
Sept. 10, 2025Wednesday mental healthsuicide Mental health National Physician Suicide Awareness Day: Turning awareness into action More organizations are recognizing the need for longitudinal mental health resources for clinicians and health care systems. Burnout By Sneha Karthikeyan, OMS III
Sept. 9, 2025Tuesday depressionmental health Personal well-being Physicians and mental health: We’re making progress, but there’s still work to be done As the medical profession prepares to observe National Physician Suicide Awareness Day on Sept. 17, The DO examines a recent report on physicians and suicide.
Aug. 29, 2025Friday growth mindsetmental health Looking inward The DO Book Club, Sept. 2025: ‘Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy’ Sarah Ban Breathnach’s book is composed of 366 essays about exploring your life and journey through creative expression, contemplation and self-directed action. The DO Book Club By Stephanie Lee, DO, MS
July 25, 2025Friday AOAHOD 2025Inaugurationleadershipmental healthNew AOA president Stronger together Minding the gap: A year of listening, leading and lifting up the osteopathic medical profession The AOA’s first psychiatrist president pledges to focus on two-way communication and supporting mental health within the profession.
April 8, 2025Tuesday burnoutmental health Finding balance How burnout taught me to listen to my body Veronica Nkie, DO, MPH, reflects on exhaustion, self-awareness and the simple, sustainable habits that have helped support her well-being.
Feb. 25, 2025Tuesday Medscapemental healthwellness Physician wellness Physician burnout is slowly improving, but still remains stubbornly high, Medscape report finds Roughly 47% of doctors surveyed said they were experiencing burnout; the report also examined work-life balance, happiness and health.
Oct. 31, 2024Thursday mental healthptsdThe DO book club Recovering from PTSD The DO Book Club, Nov. 2024: ‘Night Watch’ Tim Barreiro, DO, reviews this engrossing and thought-provoking historical read about ConaLee and her mother as they become institutionalized in an asylum shortly after the Civil War. The DO Book Club By Tim Barreiro, DO
Sept. 6, 2024Friday burnoutmental healthmental illness Meeting of the minds DO will explore the stigma of mental illness in the medical profession in upcoming webinar Michael Foti, DO, will discuss his own struggles with depression and anxiety and also share strategies to prevent physician burnout in a Sept. 10 AOIA webinar.