Posted by Simcha on December 15, 2006, at 14:22:33
In reply to Postgraduate Study and Mental Illness?, posted by Tom Twilight on November 16, 2006, at 6:56:31
Yes. I completed an MA in Counseling Psychology in September 2005. I had a 3 year program. I have Major Depressive Disorder with Recurrance and Fibromyalgia. I'm an intern now and I'll be licensed in a couple of years (hopefully).
You just have to take extra good care of yourself, make sure you take your meds regularly, and I found psychotherapy to be indispensible.
There were plenty of other people in my program who suffered from a myriad of mental illnesses. One woman was schizophrenic. She did graduate and she's working on her internship now.
So, it's possible.
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