Re: GOSSIP/RUMORS Originally Posted by safiyarozz 
Would that exclude them from a position in a psychiatric-setting?
No, it wouldn't (as I said in my first post) -- plenty of mental health professionals have been hospitalized (for psychiatric concerns/crisis) at some point, in some cases more than once, and that doesn't
necessarily, by itself, preclude them from continuing to work in mental health settings or roles. In fact, some people in mental health feel that that kind of experience is a
plus, that it gives the person a greater sense of empathy and understanding of our clients' lives and experiences.
I've worked, over the years, with several colleagues who had to be hospitalized and then returned to work after they completed their inpatient treatment -- there was no
question that they would not be welcomed back to work, or that they were not competent/safe/
whatever to continue to work in a mental health setting. And those were only the people I
knew about!
At any given moment, lots of mental health professionals and paraprofessionals are in outpatient mental health treatment, and that is, in and of itself, no impediment to working in mental health, either. It depends on each individual's particular circumstances and difficulties. Certainly, there
are some people with severe enough difficulties that it's a bad idea for them to continue to work in a mental health setting -- but simply the fact that someone has been hospitalized is no proof, by itself, of that.
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...so i quit.....
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