"Rewriting My Story": Doctors as Patients with Justin Bullock

This episode discusses mental health, depression, and suicide. 

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255

In medical training, we are taught how to provide care for others: we learn to communicate clearly, perfect physical exam skills, elicit a thorough history, and more. Far less discussed, though, is how medical trainees navigate their own medical and psychiatric care in an environment where stigma and limited personal time often make asking for help difficult. In the first episode of our series “Doctors as Patients,'' we chat with Dr. Justin Bullock, MD, a PGY3 Internal Medicine resident at University of California, San Francisco about his journey seeking treatment for bipolar disorder, depression, and suicidality throughout medical training. Listen as he reads excerpts from his 2020 NEJM article, “Suicide–Rewriting My Story,” and shares his journey reconciling his mental health care and career in medicine.

Check out Justin’s full article here:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1917203 

And for future updates from Justin, follow him on Twitter @jbullockruns.