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What is missing for Dr. Kristen Fuller now? Preserving life. Teaching sufferers and their families about chronic illness. Assisting individuals in changing their lifestyles to lead healthier lives. Observing patients make a full recovery from severe illness. The instinctive knowledge that she was making the world a better place. What doesn’t she miss? The way society views doctors, extreme stress, burnout, sleepless nights, emotional toll, and administrative work.

The way that physician burnout is currently framed contributes to misconceptions about and stigma surrounding depression and discourages us from fully utilizing the resources available to prevent and treat depression.

After supporting a number of significant clinical trials in psychiatry more than ten years ago, NIMH abruptly shifted its approach and began allocating 90% of its money to neuroscience. The policy is still in place even though this “has yet to deliver major clinical gains.” Clinical advancement has been halted as a result of the devaluation of mental clinical trials and the meticulously designed, essential methodologies they demand.

Dr. Steven Schlozman, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, conducted research on the impact of horror films and found that those who enjoy them are the most terrified. It must be particularly difficult to turn away from a truly terrifying doctor on TV if fear is something that people naturally find to be a little exhilarating. Thankfully, these scary clinicians beloved by fans are fictional and entertaining to watch — of course, with your eyes covered.

There aren’t as many headlines concerning cell phones and brain cancer today, despite it formerly being a mainstay of frightened online fodder. Have people lost interest and simply unwilling to give up their phones? Have the studies on the topic allayed their concerns? Or is it that people just don’t believe cell phones are one of the numerous cancer hazards? Experts weigh in.