Feb 17, 2020
Dr. Michael Myers, not only saves lives due to suicide
prevention, but also heals families that have lost doctors to
suicide. He feels honored and humbled to sit with grieving
families, who feel that their loved ones have taken the answers
with them. Dr. Myers is also working to change the stigma that is
associated with physicians asking for assistance, as they may be
concerned about being judged and potentially impacting their
medical licences. He speaks worldwide about physician health and
physician suicide. He is the author of numerous books on this
subject. Dr. Myers shares these powerful nuggets of life
wisdom:
- listen to others carefully in your everyday journeys
- smile to strangers
- show up
- be present
- talk less, listen more
- be kind
- be sensitive with your language to others and even yourself
- for example, some individuals are more comfortable with the term
"condition" than illness or disorder
- let's try to show respect for individuals who are suffering or
have suffered, as they have the determination and fortitude to get
better
Dr. Myers is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and immediate past
Vice-Chair of Education and Director of Training in the Department
of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at SUNY-Downstate Medical
Center in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated in medicine from the
University of Western Ontario in 1966 and did residencies at Los
Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Wayne State University (Detroit
General Hospital), and the University of British Columbia. Since
completing his residency training in 1973 and until June 2008, he
taught half-time at the University of British Columbia and was in
private practice half-time in Vancouver. He is board certified in
Psychiatry by both the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of
Canada and the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology.
Dr. Myers is the author or co-author of eight books: Why Physicians
Die By Suicide: Lessons Learned From Their Families and Others Who
Cared (Amazon 2017); The Physician As Patient: A Clinical Handbook
for Mental Health Professionals (with Glen Gabbard, American
Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., Washington, DC, 2008); Touched By
Suicide: Hope and Healing After Loss (With Carla Fine,
Gotham/Penguin Books, New York, 2006); The Handbook of Physician
Health (with Larry Goldman and Leah Dickstein, American Medical
Association, Chicago, 2000); Intimate Relationships in Medical
School: How to Make Them Work (Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks CA,
2000); How’s Your Marriage? A Book for Men and Women (American
Psychiatric Press Inc., Washington, DC, 1998); Doctors’ Marriages:
A Look at the Problems and Their Solutions (Second Edition, Plenum,
New York, 1994); Men and Divorce (Guilford, New York, 1989).
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