Psychological distress among outpatient physicians in private practice linked to COVID-19 and related mental health during the second lockdown

We note with interest the recent findings of Frajerman and colleagues (2022) highlighting high rates of burnout ( >75%) among non-outpatient physicians in France. As the authors point out this is a group of private physicians not typically considered front-line and leading the authors to conclude this omission is detrimental to the longer term mental health of this cohort. The authors do not posit a potential explanation for why such significant rates of burnout can be observed in this group.