But Alaska, Illinois, Alabama and Kansas have all improved the mental health questions they ask medical doctors in the last four years, with Illinois now simply asking, “Do you now have any disease or condition that impairs or impaired your ability to perform the essential functions of your profession, including any disease or condition generally regarded as chronic by the medical community, i.e., (1) mental or emotional disease or condition; (2) alcohol or other substance abuse; (3) physical disease or condition? If yes, attach a detailed explanation including dates, names and addresses of treating physicians and/or counselors and nature of treatment.”
Doctors under stress from COVID-19 say they need mental health services: ‘We’re human beings, just like everyone else’
