A confluence of topics dealing with mental health, substance abuse, health, public health, Social Work, education, politics, the humanities, and spirituality at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. In short, this blog is devoted to the improvement of the quality of life of human beings in the universe.
Friday, March 1, 2019
Physicians have the highest sucide rate of any profession.
From "Remembering Ricky: Losing a friend to suicide by Andrews Wilner
"During my reading, I also learned that physicians have the highest suicide rate of any profession, with one completed suicide every day.[3,4] That's twice the suicide rate of the general public. I don't have any intention of joining my friend, but I don't like being in a high-risk group!"
For more click here.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Being a doctor is a high status profession with better than average income. What makes their lives so unbearable that they kill themselves?
ReplyDelete