Germanwings pilot

[PikminOC]

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...n-astonishing-number-of-doctors-10157740.html
he had looked up bipolar disorder

 

[smalltownpsych]

The more I read about this tragedy the more concerned I get about how we treat mental illness. It sounds like this guy was trying to get help and instead got worse and was in fear of losing his career because of it. I worry that the more we try to control mental illness, then the more we make it likely that things like this happen. Why go for treatment for depression if it puts a black mark on your record? It's scary when you think about how ubiquitous depressive symptoms are and the average person can't distinguish between serious mental illness and normal affective states. Then we mandate treatment which usually is medications that may or may not help. If they do help, that's great, but unfortunately they oft n don't and then things get worse. I see this play out every day on a lesser scale.

 

[medicalperson123]

So many suffer silently with mental illness and don't get the proper treatment for it. Unfortunately, many lives were lost and families affected by this one individual's battle.

 

[whopper]

It's not recommended that we discuss specific people's psych issues unless we did an actual and appropriate evaluation. The APA developed the Goldwater Rule which recommends that we not do the above in respect to people in the news.

A problem, however, is events in the news are golden opportunities to increase awareness of mental illness and help the public understand issues that could be troubling to them. E.g. the Sandy Hook school killings, a psychiatrist or other mental health professional could've brought a lot of light to the topic in a manner that could've helped people.

 

[asdf0987]

Interesting article about this:http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/04/mentally-ill-in-a-high-stakes-job/390615/
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/04/mentally-ill-in-a-high-stakes-job/390615/