If you've only seen therapists who are in private practice by themselves, and are not affiliated with a hospital, and if you're primary care physician does NOT have record of any mental illness, then I would say that you're 99.9% safe.
If, on the other hand, a major hospital or your primary care have record of you having a mental health problem, then I would need to defer to someone else. That's more complicated.
If it were me, I would disclose AND provide a note that those conditions will NOT interfere with my job. And that I am willing to provide professional confirmation of that upon request. (In fact, my recovery/experience may be beneficial in providing a tolerant and empathetic teacher to certain students.)
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Originally Posted by ombrétwilight
I am applying for a teaching internship and the form requires that:
1. I give my consent for the relevant Government authorities to obtain and verify information from or with any source, as you deem appropriate for the assessment of my application for this programme. MOE may need to obtain additional information from me if my prior records are not complete / available.
2. I declare that all information given by me in this application for this programme and any sheets attached hereto are true to the best of my knowledge and I have not wilfully suppressed any material fact. I accept that if any of the information given by me in this application is in any way false or incorrect, my application may be rejected or any offer of the position of an "Intern" made to me may be withdrawn / terminated summarily.
*MOE = Ministry of Education
I suffer from OCD and Bipolar II but have not been on meds for either. I am high-functioning and my MI will not affect my performance, so do I need to declare them and is there any way for the Ministry to check? I am afraid this will eliminate me from the competition.  |