Demand for psychiatrists is growing but the healthcare community needs to win its own house in order if we are to fill the gaps in recruitment“I’ve got my life back … thanks.”Through the clinic window,autumns blaze of colour is muted with drizzle and gloomy skies, but inside I am cast in light. I am privy to a private miracle. A corrosive mental illness that was throttling a life is no longer wreaking havoc. Hope, and agency and opportunity has emerged. Career and relationships are reinvigorated and joy has been restored. The grace with which I am shown gratitude moves me profoundly and I reconnect with my sense of mission and purpose as a psychiatrist. Not a despicable way to start a Monday. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com