Physician depression doesn’t always look like depression
An excerpt from Lifeline: What To Do After A Mental Health Crisis.
I have spent over two decades in emergency medicine. I know what a mental health crisis looks like. I know the clinical signs, the language, the interventions. I have initiated more psychiatric holds than I can count, written discharge summaries for people leaving my ER with a handful of pamphlets and a follow-up appointment I quietly hoped they …
Physician depression doesn’t always look like depression
