Our ability to cope with stress, in fact, may be shaped by very early interactions with our mothers, Strathearn adds.

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Dr. Derek Puddester, a psychiatry professor at Ottawa involved in the research, says that while hard work and self-sacrifice are often valued in doctors, such traits need to be balanced by an ability to cope with stress.

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