Vets in Mind

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Willing but Unable: Moral Distress and Burnout in Italian Veterinarians Working with Companion and Farm Animals

Veterinary practice is characterized by ethical conflicts between protecting animals’ health and welfare and fulfilling the requirements and interests of other people (owners, breeders, farmers, and other colleagues), without violating their own professional obligations and moral integrity. Ethical conflicts can lead veterinarians to a form of distress called “moral distress” […]

MMI calls on mental health researchers to apply for new veterinary mental health grant programme

Today, Thursday 15 August 2024, we have launched our new veterinary mental health research grant programme and are calling upon mental health researchers to consider applying. The programme, which aims to drive change that will positively impact mental health in the veterinary sector, offers two new research grants. The first is […]