title: Physician heal thyself?
abstract: Eighteen drug-dependent medical practitioners were studied, and the results of their treatment were compared with the results of the treatment of non-doctor patients of similar age. The result of this comparison lent support to the suggestion that doctors who develop a dependence on drugs tend either to become abstainers or to die.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010820:Physicians; D011613:Psychotherapy; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy