The Mentally Ill Physician: Issues in Assessment, Treatment and Advocacy

Michael F Myers; Alison Freeland

doi:10.1177/0706743719856002

The Mentally Ill Physician: Issues in Assessment, Treatment and Advocacy

Can J Psychiatry. 2019 Dec;64(12):823-837. doi: 10.1177/0706743719856002. Epub 2019 Aug 20.

Authors

Michael F Myers¹, Alison Freeland²

Affiliations

¹ Professor, Clinical Psychiatry, Immediate Past Vice-Chair, Education and Director of Training, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York; Member, Advisory Board, Committee for Physician Health, Medical Society of the State of New York; Past-President, Canadian Psychiatric Association.
² Vice-President, Quality, Education and Patient Relations, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario; Associate Dean, Medical Education (Regional), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.

Abstract

This position paper has been substantially revised in collaboration with the Canadian Psychiatric Association's Professional Standards and Practice Committee and approved for republication by the CPA's Board of Directors on April 8, 2019. The original position paper, ¹ now an historical document, was first approved by the Board of Directors on October 4, 1996.

MeSH terms

Adult
Burnout, Professional* / diagnosis
Burnout, Professional* / therapy
Humans
Mental Disorders* / diagnosis
Mental Disorders* / therapy
Patient Advocacy
Physicians / standards*
Societies, Medical / standards*