Posted by stjames on May 15, 2001, at 0:16:46
In reply to Re: Have most therapists been depressed themselves?, posted by Alex J on May 14, 2001, at 21:42:32
> My psychiatrist confided in me last week that he suffers from horrible depressions. This came up when we were discussing whether I should tell family and friends about my own struggles with depression. He advised me to use caution as many of his colleagues (who should know better) have not shown him much compassion.
james here....
Sadly, from what I read this is very common in the medical profession. Doctors or med. students are not suposed to have depression or mental illness, period. I would suspect more suffer from depression than admit it, for fear of how they would be treated by the medical comunity.
James
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