Doctors In Need

This account was created to call attention to the issue: Doctors who have experienced drug abuse, and still hold their position within the medical community.

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Physicians who met the criteria for abuse and dependence were more likely to say they had committed a major medical error than their peers.

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Interesting how that works. https://t.co/DKVFzIFQXt

[Anil Mohanlal @AnilMohanlal]

#Doctors have the shortest lifespan, highest drug abuse, top divorce rates and second highest suicide rates. And we go to them for help

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The environment in which physicians practice often exacerbates the problem.

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Between 10% and 15% of US physicians suffer from a substance use disorder.

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Interesting facts that some people might be aware of.

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Physician drug abuse is not a new problem.

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Drug Abuse Among Doctors: Easy, Tempting, and Not Uncommon https://t.co/j1Bd0R8k5H via @medscape

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Humans in distress have always reached for relief close at hand. In the case of doctors, that's often prescription medicine.

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As a doctor slips into the clutches of addiction, he or she only rarely seeks help.

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A 2013 study in the Journal of Addiction Medicine revealed that 69% of doctors abused prescription medicine “to relieve stress and pain"

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Up to 15% of doctors are drug addicts. I was one of them https://t.co/2nM4aq879D

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This account was created to call attention to the issue: Doctors who have experienced drug abuse, and still hold their position as doctor.

[Marin IJ @marinij]

Doctor with history of drug abuse arrested in Orange County on warrants for drug cases in Mill Valley, San Rafael. http://t.co/RhAvyrFp