Physicians’ Mental Health Checkup

Clinician credentialing and licensure forms that ask intrusive and unnecessary questions about past mental health issues can be a barrier to physicians seeking treatment. More than half of all state medical licensure boards, four nursing licensure boards, and one dental licensure board have updated their forms to eliminate such questions, thanks in part to the work of the ALL IN: Wellbeing First for Healthcare coalition, led by the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation. In addition, hundreds of hospitals are updating their credentialing forms to conform to best practices.