Study Shows Rise in Physicians Seeking Help for Mental Health, Substance-Abuse Concerns

What**'**s the news. The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with a substantial increase in in-person, telemedicine, or virtual outpatient visits related to mental health and substance abuse among physicians, signaling how physician mental health may have worsened during the pandemic, says a January 21, 2022, study in JAMA Network Open.