Here are some inspirational stories about health care providers who have been open about their experiences of depression.

Dr. Robert Lehmberg's story will be aired as part of a PBS special "Struggling in Silence", airing in May 2008. 

Kay Jamison is NOT a physician, but a PhD. psychologist on the Johns Hopkins medical school faculty. Kay is very active in DRADA, and is a hero to many. She is also a prolific author.

California's Ken Kizer MD, an emergency physician and health care reform agent, is a suicide survivor.

Dale Carrisen MD is currently head of Nevada's Homeland Security Commission.  His story can be found here.

Steven Miles MD is an acclaimed medical ethicist and physician who has successfully faced licensure challenge based on treatment for Bipolar Illness in MN.  His story is here.

Leon Rosenberg is former dean of Yale University School of Medicine.  His little publicized but stirring account of his lifelong battle with bipolar disease and very serious suicide attempt, "Brainsick: A Physician's Journey to the Brink" can be found at Dana Foundation's Cerebrum V4 No 4 Fall 2002.  More of his story can be found at All about Psychotherapy, including the fact that even he did not reveal his diagnosis or seek treatment due to concerns about stigmatization.

Daniel Fisher MD PhD speaks out about his recovery from Schizophrenia in a Medscape interview

Acclaimed surgeon and medical author Sherwin Nuland has suffered from lifelong depression requiring ECT.