Via: Ideal Medical Care:
â⬜Have you ever been depressed as a physician?ââ¬ï¿½ I asked 220 doctors. Ninety percent stated yes. Yet few seek professional help. Hereâ⬙s what depressed doctors do (when nobodyâ⬙s looking). Some drink alcohol, exercise obsessively, even steal psychiatric meds. Still more shockingâ⬔I discovered that 75% of med students (and new doctors) are now on psychiatric medications.
â⬜I was told by the psychologist at my med schoolâ⬙s campus assistance program, that 75% of the class of 175 people were on antidepressants,ââ¬ï¿½ shares psychiatrist Dr. Jaya V. Nair. â⬜He wasnâ⬙t joking. How broken is the system, that doctors have to be pushed into illness in order to be trained to do their job?ââ¬ï¿½
â⬜During my internship, I found out that at least 75% of my fellow residents were on SSRIs or other antidepressants, just â⬘to get through itâ⬙ because it was so horrible.ââ¬ï¿½ states Dr. Joel Cooper, â⬜Depression, or a constantly depressed state, is more or less the norm in medical school and throughout oneâ⬙s residency.ââ¬ï¿½
â⬜When I left my residency, I was alarmed to find out that about 75% of my fellow residents had started antidepressants since their intern year,ââ¬ï¿½ says Dr. Jill Fadal.
Seems the epidemic of depressed doctors begins in medical school. I wondered how best to verify this oft-repeated 75% statistic. Just then a student called to tell me what her professor said during orientation: â⬜Look around the room. By the end of your first year, two-thirds of your class will be on antidepressants.ââ¬ï¿½
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