Viewpoint Makes Case For Encouraging Psychiatrists-In-Training To Seek Psychotherapy For Themselves

Psychiatric News (8/10) reports, “Physicians training to be psychiatrists should be encouraged to seek psychotherapy for themselves, not only for the sake of their own mental health, but because it will make them better, more empathic psychiatrists, according to a Viewpoint” authored by Megan E. Pruette, MD, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and published online Aug. 9 in the American Journal of Psychotherapy, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.

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— “Residency Directors Should Encourage, Support Personal Psychotherapy as Part of Training, Psychiatric News, August 10, 2022

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