sisriver, i agree. there is always more work that can be done, more extensive review of past records, more reading on conditions/ keeping up with new literature. if for some reason your personal life is floundering but you feel competent and necessary at work, it can be all too easy to avoid the problems at home.

This is very interesting topic. I'm doing psychiatry at the moment and see that mental illness in the medical profession is being talked about slightly more freely. I'm interested in anyone else's comments. There was a show on in the UK on Channel 4 this week called The Doctor Who Hears Voices. She was schizophrenic or bipolar (can't remember which) and was working with a pscyhologist who is against medication. It was quite interesting and contrroversial.