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Improving How State Medical Boards Ask Physicians About Mental Health Diagnoses: A Case Study From New Mexico

Authors :
Eileen Barrett
Daniel Waldman
Heather Brislen
Elizabeth Lawrence
Source :
Annals of internal medicine. 172(9)
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

State-based medical license applications often ask about mental health diagnoses and treatment in terms that stigmatize mental illness, which inadvertently discourages physicians from seeking care....

Details

ISSN :
15393704
Volume :
172
Issue :
9
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Annals of internal medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....6391c6f787829b9bc9be532066ad667b