title: Sometimes doctors need help too--the Mississippi Recovering Physicians Program.
abstract: Fully 10 to 15% of medical doctors will develop chemical dependency during their lifetimes. This results in addiction to alcohol or other mood altering drugs. The Mississippi Recovering Physicians Program provides a confidential, non-punitive alternative to disciplinary sanctions for impaired physicians who voluntarily seek or are motivated to accept intervention, treatment, counseling, and rehabilitation for their impairement. With proper treatment, the prognosis is excellent.
authors.affiliation: Mississippi Impaired Physicians Committee, Mississippi State Medical Association, USA.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Flowers
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D006801:Humans; D008922:Mississippi; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010815:Physician Impairment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*