Diagnosis, Lab Testing, Medical and Mental Health

You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? These labs were not truly indicated, but it was common practice and viewed as “not a big deal.” In fact, some Emergency Departments note that as many as one tenth of their patient volume is mental health.

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Not “burnout,” not moral injury—human rights violations

Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 20, 2025

(Published 3/18/19, updated 6/20/25) What Is Physician “Burnout”—and Why It Matters Physician “burnout” is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress in the medical workplace. Yet moral injury is not an official diagnosis.

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

And then one day when I was in my third year of medical school, I was in the gym and I hurt my back in a really horrific way. I was helped into a wheelchair kind of rushed to the emergency room, which was not far away because I was on the medical school campus. I thought I couldn’t finish medical school.

Patient-Centered

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Primary Care Digest

You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

Not “burnout,” not moral injury—human rights violations

Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

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