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* Dr. Cox of ''[[Scrubs]]'' has been giving psychologists fits for years.

* An episode of ''[[The Facts of Life]]'' had a youth guidance counselor have to be talked out of jumping off a building.

* ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'' did a sketch where Kermit goes to psychiatrist Sandra Bullock, complaining that every time he hears the word "phenomenon", the singers from the old "Manna Manna" song suddenly appear and start singing. Bullock asks if she can try it, says "phenomenon", and joins in the singing, leaving Kermit even more disconcerted.

* Inverted in ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' when we learn that Rimmer once volunteered on the Samaritans' suicide prevention hotline.

*** And Police Officers who end up dealing with the aftermath of such cases are also a high-risk group.

*** Medical professionals, too. ''Especially'' pediatricians.

* Mental health workers tend to have a higher instance of mental illnesses, especially mood disorders (depression, bipolar disorder, and the like). Whether the mentally ill are drawn to psychology or it's this trope in action is up for debate (although it's probably a combination).

* In ''The Fifty Minute Hour'' psychoanalyst Robert Lindner describes the case of Kirk Allen, a brilliant young physicist who claimed to have a parallel life in a [[Space Opera|galaxy far far away]]. His fantasies were so consistent and extensive that eventually Lindner came to believe them himself, at which point Allen confessed that he had invented the whole thing. A brief outline of the story can be found in ''The Demon-haunted World'' by Carl Sagan.