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CommonHealth: Depression Is Rampant Among Doctors In Training

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It's well known that training to be a doctor is grueling: long hours, lots of pressure, overnight shifts, few vacations. But what's not as well known is how that training affects the mental health of doctors-in-training — the interns and residents — who provide a lot of care in the teaching hospitals in Boston.

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Carey Goldberg, editor of WBUR's CommonHealth blog, which tweets@commonhealth.

This segment aired on August 22, 2016.

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