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States move to destigmatize doctors' mental illness, substance disorders

Doctors have long dealt with stigma and threats to their careers if they are open about mental illness and substance disorders. Now about two dozen states are changing licensing forms to lessen some of the stigma.

WBUR’s Priyanka Dayal McCluskey reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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