The initiative named Doctors 4 Doctors has already organised self-help workshops in a number of cities
Indian Medical Association (IMA) have initiated a programme to tackle the burden of burnout and rising rates of mental health challenges among medical students, Residents and clinicians. This initiative has been named Doctors 4 Doctors (D4D).
Dr Santanu Sen, National President, Indian Medical Association (IMA) said, “Through this initiative, we will focus upon preventing burn out, address mental health challenges, reduce the incidents of suicide among Residents and clinicians. We will achieve this by creating awareness of the issue and using tools for emotional well-being. We will provide training for self-help and offer D-4-D Free Help Lines to those in need.”
Dr Nilima Kadambi, Chairperson, IMA National Committee for Emotional Health and Wellbeing of Medical Students and Doctors in India said, “Realising the seriousness of the situation, the IMA had launched a unique initiative, Doctors-4-Doctors (D-4-D) with the aim of tackling the rising rates of mental health challenges and suicides among Medical Students, Residents and clinicians. The D4D will tackle physician burnout and mental health at a system level through changes in policy and training. It will offer a Sustainable Support System to bring about emotional wellbeing, robust resilience and coping capabilities among the medical students, Residents and clinicians.”
IMA D-4-D team has already held awareness and self-help workshops for medicos about emotional well-being and burn-out in Bengaluru, Pune, Delhi, Surat and Cochin and soon will organise in Mumbai, Delhi and in other cities.