Becoming a Doctors' Doctor- A Memoir

Product Description Becoming a Doctors’ Doctor is author and psychiatrist Michael F. Myers’ revelation of the fascinating and sometimes tragic encounters with doctors as patients. Physicians are expected to be resilient and to carry the burdens of others. But all too often, the on-the-job stresses can result in mental illness. Beginning with his roommate’s suicide in the first year of medical school, Myers found himself craving to learn more about physicians and their vulnerabilities. In this memoir of his thirty-five year career, Myers shares vignettes of treating doctors for depression, alcoholism, burnout, and more. He reveals the stigma physicians face when asking for help and the struggles they endure while keeping others healthy and safe. A psychiatrist with a passion for helping physicians, Myers highlights the importance of mental health treatment for doctors and the social and emotional costs of serving the community. Beautifully written, Becoming a Doctors’ Doctor heralds the many patients to whom he has devoted his practice and career. Review "In Becoming a Doctor's Doctor, noted psychiatrist Michael F. Myers offers a poignant, discerning and hopeful account of the mental health struggles of physicians. With this rich and rewarding memoir, Myers assures his place alongside Selzer, Sacks, Verghese, and the rare breed of healer who can work true magic both inside a hospital and on the printed page." Jacob M. Appel, MD, author of Who Says You're Dead? "The memoir by Michael Myers, 'Becoming a Doctors' Doctor,' is simply beautiful. His personal story - of 'otherness,' understanding, self-compassion, and courage - will inspire and move all who read this memoir, and it is told with humility and sincerity."  Laura Roberts, MD, MA, DLFAPA, FACLP Chair, Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine. "Becoming a Doctors' Doctor reminds us of the importance of témoignage - the French word meaning to bear witness. Doctors all over the world can read this book and know they are not alone." Malcolm Forbes, MBBS, Clinical Senior Fellow, Department of Psychiatry University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Myers' career journey weaves the personal and the professional right up to the crisis of COVID-19. This book is so c