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A Challenge to Licensing Boards: The Stigma of Mental Illness
Steven H. Miles, MD
Minneapolis, Minn
JAMA. 1998;280:865.
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In August 1995, I experienced a week of anxiety and sleeplessness followed by a painful depression. Though my condition was apparent to me, my colleagues noticed nothing wrong. I sought help. A psychiatrist diagnosed type II bipolar disorder, a mainly depressive disorder, unaccompanied by life-disrupting mania. With the help of my family, psychiatrist, and medications, my depression lifted while I continued to work (though with less committee work). Two months later, a medical student at my institution committed suicide. It was rumored that he feared career stigmatization from using mental health care. The next morning, at a scheduled lecture to the stunned class, I opened by disclosing my diagnosis and telling the students that such problems were not incompatible with a successful family or professional life—but that they must seek help.
In January 1996, I disclosed my diagnosis and treatment on a routine relicensing questionnaire. I . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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