DVA’s first chief psychiatrist on Afghanistan, PTSD and the struggle of doctors to manage their own trauma
Associate Professor Jonathan Lane was recently appointed inaugural chief psychiatrist of the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
“Every doctor reading this will have experienced traumas in their working life.
“As a profession, we do not deal with that well.
“It was part of my problem when I came back because I thought, ‘I am a psychiatrist. I am not supposed to get unwell. It is my job to help other people.'”
Eleven years ago, Associate Professor Jonathan Lane returned from deployment in Afghanistan, aged 41.
