How to Avoid Psychosis When Working Remotely

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In this 2022 replay, Dr. Frieda Wiley, a PharmD and freelance medical writer, talks about her path into medical writing, the realities of remote pharmacy work, and the book she wrote after struggling with the isolation that came with it. Her background spans community pharmacy, medication therapy management, and a fully remote role she took on for a managed care firm. One that started as an attractive, flexible opportunity and gradually became a rigid 8-to-5 schedule with mandatory overtime.

She walks through how her writing career developed alongside her clinical work, from supporting a medical writing team during a pharmacy school rotation to freelancing for patient education publications. And she highlights the specific isolation, depression, and physical symptoms she experienced as a fully remote worker, which became the basis for her book, Telecommuting Psychosis: From Surviving to Thriving While Working in Your Pajama Pants. She also shares the questions she now recommends asking before accepting any remote role.

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