Jonathan first met the health system on the floor of an emergency room.

He had drunk himself into a crisis, and the team did what they are trained to do: stabilize, monitor, and discharge. He got a lecture. He got a referral. He was given an AA meeting list. Then he got on with the long business of suffering.

For years, Jonathan bounced between moments of crisis and well-intentioned medical appointments that …

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Over the last several years, there has been an increasing recognition that burnout is rising exponentially among health care workers – and there has been a positive shift in the public understanding of burnout and other mental health issues in general. Unfortunately, the policy response from governments, health care institutions, and policy-makers has been woefully inadequate.

Instead of addressing the root causes of burnout and mental distress among our health care …

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