Artificial Challenges for Physician Mental Health

Society is in upheaval in the way that it discusses mental health.  There are many loud voices out there. Some of these advocate for more openness and less stigma with regard to how we treat people with behavioral and psychological disorders, and by "treat," I don’t mean with drugs or therapy, but with our words, actions, policies, laws, and inaction.  One example of these voices is Dr. Jake Goodman who posed with a pill on his tongue in a TIC TOC post to demonstrate that even as a physician, he may also need medication assistance for his mental health.  The outpouring of support, vitriol and shenanigans that resulted demonstrates how divided our society is on this issue, and in many ways how unrealistic our view of doctors and of mental illness is.

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