“Eat, sleep, take time off, what doctor does that?” he said. “These are the things we tell our patients to do, but don’t always follow ourselves. In the past, the tradition was if you were not working 25 hours a day, you weren't dedicated. That’s slowly changing.”

The acquisition of Affiliates Clinical Services, PC, became official July 1. The practice has been renamed St. Luke’s Psychiatric Associates – Phillipsburg.

In my opinion there is at least a 20 percent increase, compared to the same period last year, in both our mental health and wellness services,” said Eduardo Espiridion, chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Reading Hospital Tower Health.

For most health care workers, a certain amount of risk, including from the coronavirus, is considered part of the job.

Private insurance companies are required by state law to provide behavioral health services in equal measure to physical health services, but state insurance department regulators say that’s not happening.

The state of Pennsylvania is looking for trauma experts to serve on a volunteer panel that will set guidelines for trauma care.

The tight labor market means higher employee turnover and fewer employees to do the work, thereby increasing stress at short-staffed workplaces. That’s one of the reasons for the reported rise in anxiety many employees feel.