There's a good interview in the Telegraph, with Dr Liz Miller, a former neurosurgeon who was sectioned three times because of her bipolar disorder but has now recovered and is an occupational therapist.
I'm always pleased to see tales of recovery in the press.
"How on earth did she get back to medicine after the third bout? "Slowly. It is harder each time, because you do get battered. Mental health rehabilitation needs to be done slowly. A lot of doctors come back part-time. Stress is a physical illness. People come to you when they are physically damaged, with non-specific symptoms like dizziness, gut aches, headaches. It's not the kind of damage you pick up on orthodox medical investigation. The tests come back normal, but they are ill."She says her illness will not come back because she now knows what the triggers are. I'd like to have read more about that really, but perhaps she is saving it for her forthcoming book, which will look at how people can manage their own mental wellbeing.
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