Medicine has the highest rate of suicide of any profession, Gautam told attendees at the
recent Canadian Psychiatric Association annual conference in Toronto. She has treated …

Too often in medical and academic institutions, lamented Moutier, the problem is not
acknowledged, let alone addressed, until a prominent physician or beloved colleague dies …

Three young female doctors have jumped to their deaths from the 33-storey apartment
building across from Mount Sinai St. Luke's Hospital in New York City in the past two years …

The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published a consensus statement
on physician depression and suicide developed during a workshop sponsored by the …

Although suicide can be tied to difficult and fractured workplaces,“that'sa lot more
complicated and I wouldn't want to overstate or even suggest there's much of a link,” he …

Suicide is the only cause of mortality that is higher in physicians than nonphysicians.
Compared with nonphysicians, male physicians are 40% more likely to die by suicide (rate …

“It's a routine viral illness”, Dr. Kumar said. I explicitly remember this conversation while I was
posted with him for a month during my Internal Medicine training. Dr. Kumar was perceived …

PERSPECTIVE was launched at the hospital to help physicians and nurses grapple with the
emotional effects of caring for the chronically ill. But the suicides that had already occurred …

risk factors and prevention by Michael Kaufmann, MD OMA Physician Health Program
assuring that if the injection doesn't cause death, asphyxia will. And, as the national media …

Physician suicides evoke more public interest than most other suicides. The following
questions are addressed: Why are physicians more likely to commit suicide than are other …