Dr. Myers is a professor of clinical psychiatry, vice chair of education, and director of training at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. He is the coauthor (with Dr. Glen O. Gabbard) of "The Physician as Patient: A Clinical Handbook for Mental Health Professionals" (Washington: American Psychiatric Publishing, 2008) and (with Carla Fine) of "Touched by Suicide: Hope and Healing After Loss" (New York: Gotham Books, 2006). E-mail him.