Their Own Mental Health: “…(T)he medical profession, (15) authors contend in a recent article in The Journal of the American Medical Association, has been slow to accept that depression and other mental disorders are illnesses like any other, at least when they occur in its own members.

Many doctors fail to seek treatment for psychiatric conditions out of fear that doing so will damage their careers. And those who do get treatment can suffer very real professional penalties…

In the journal article, (the authors) , who gathered last October to discuss doctors’ mental health at a workshop convened by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, noted that the profession’s sluggishness in addressing the issue stands in contrast to its involvement in other public health problems.” NY Times

Neat segue to: Artist, Heal Thyself (and Then Everybody Else) NY Times