Here is a disturbing study from the Archives of Surgery Journal. We have known that surgeons have a higher rate of suicide than the general population. This study was a survey that found suicidal ideation (thoughts) was 1.5 to 3.0 times more common among surgeons than the general population. Even more disturbing was that only 26% of them had sought psychiatric or psychologic help, while 60% were reluctant to seek help due to concern that it could affect their medical license.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21242446
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