Feb 9, 2022
Dr. Greg Skipper has devoted his career to assisting professionals in crisis. He has been instrumental in developing some of the standards for diagnosis and treatment for substance use disorders among medical professionals. Dr. Skipper and Diana discuss the statistics associated with doctors and mental illness and what the barriers are to proper diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Skipper also shares how research shows that proper monitoring and positive reinforcement can lead to more successful recoveries. Listen as he shares his experience and the hope that there is for medical professionals who have substance use disorders.
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LINKS MENTIONED:
www.centerforprofessionalrecovery.com
www.professionalstreatment.com
BIO:
Dr. Skipper has devoted his career to assisting professionals in crisis. He has worked extensively with State Regulatory Boards in the United States and abroad and published over 100 articles regarding professional impairment. He was a principal investigator for the Blueprint Study, the largest outcome study of 904 physicians following treatment for substance use disorders. Dr. Skipper is currently the Medical Director of the Center for Professional Recovery in Malibu, CA where he has evaluated and treated over 800 health professionals from 22 states since 2011. He was Medical Director of the Alabama Physician Health Program for 12 years from 1999-2011 and the Medical Director of Hazelden Springbrook in Oregon from 1993-1999. Dr. Skipper was appointed by the Secretary of HHS to the National Advisory Council to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration from 2002-2006. Dr. Skipper was the innovator and original researcher of ethylglucuronide (EtG) testing, an alcohol biomarker used widely today. He is a speaker regarding professional impairment, alcohol biomarkers and monitoring. He is the Medical Director and faculty for the PBI Medical Ethics and Professionalism Course, sponsored by the Univ of California Irvine (a program for remedial training in ethics for disciplined licensees by regulatory boards in the USA).