Sunday, February 8, 2009

Doctor Suicide

No one has been able to explain why doctors, as a profession, have the highest suicide rate of any profession. Every year, between 300-400 doctors take their own lives. In the general population, males commit suicide 4 x higher than women. But the suicide rate among male and female doctors is the same. Female doctors take their lives at a rate more than twice that of the general public.There