Doctors are the healers and the helpers. But what happens when it’s the #doctors who need the healing and the help? Doctors who die by suicide often have untreated or under treated #depression or other #mentalillnesses.
An estimated 300 to 400 doctors die by suicide each year, a rate of 28 to 40 per 100,000; more than double that of general population.*
However, the #stigma of a mental illness may be too overwhelming for some in the medical community to deal with, and they often mask their pain, rather than seek help. That’s why Dr. Michael Weinstein, a #surgeon at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, is so very brave.
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Stated statistics are according to a review of 10 years of literature on the subject presented at the American Psychiatry Association annual meeting in May 2018.
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