Substance Abuse Patterns and Psychiatric Symptomology Among Health Care Professionals and Non–Health Care Professionals Evaluated in an Outpatient Program for Impaired Professionals

Conclusions: The HCPs were not significantly different clinically from their N-HCP peers in our program. We question whether specialized programs for impaired HCPs may contribute to feelings of uniqueness which is often cited in the literature as an obstacle to assuming a patient role. The rates of psychiatric comorbidity based on self-report compared with the PAI data support the need for use of psychological testing in the evaluation of impaired HCPs. Implications and suggestions given our findings among this group of HCPs are offered.
Source: Addictive Disorders and Their Treatment - Category: Addiction Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research