Where Do Psychiatrists Turn With Their Problems? Other Psychiatrists
Elissa Ely, a Massachusetts psychiatrist, has an interesting essay in the New York Times:
“Psychiatry is a relatively safe profession, but it has a hazard that is not apparent at first glance: if you are in it long enough, there may be no one to talk to about your own problems.”
As Ely writes there are some psychiatrists who have been psychotic and were able to return to practice–although shouldn’t a patient get a full disclosure on that kind of thing?–and it made me wonder what percentage of psych docs have ever been on psych meds. I have no idea.
Anyway, as it turns out, psychiatrists turn to other psychiatrists for help with their own problems. No surprise there. I wish I knew how they felt about the experience.
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