Does the Physician Health Program confine its services to helping physicians who are suffering from addictions?

No. Although physician health programs were originally established to assist physicians addicted to drugs and alcohol, times have changed and the scope of our program has also changed.

Over the last several years, problems dealt with by PHP staff often relate to issues such as:

• The stress of practicing or training, in medicine today
• Burnout/Depression/Anxiety
• Work-Family balance
• Relationship issues
• Concern about a colleague/physician-in-training who might be experiencing difficulty
• Financial/practice pressures
  as well as problems related to the inappropriate use of alcohol or drugs.