Health care professionals who experience mental health issues

Abstract

Healthcare professionals are as likely to experience mental health issues as any other group of people within society. Many of these professionals are reluctant or afraid to ‘come out’ as living with a mental health condition and those that do tend to experience a lack of understanding and compassion from their colleagues, with some reporting covert and even overt discrimination. This short article focuses on the work place experiences of those who live with a mental health condition, including those who are informal care givers and the role of the nurse in challenging such discrimination.