AP article entitled "Errors Lead Surgeons to Contemplate Suicide." This study reveals that surgeons have suicidal ideation at higher rates than the general population, yet they are less likely to seek mental health treatment due to fears of losing their jobs and stigma about mental health. What are the risk factors involved in this? How can mental health be de-stigmatized within the medical field so that physicians and surgeons can get the treatment that they need? How might suicidal ideation in surgeons affect their job performance?
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Surgeons and Suicide
AP article entitled "Errors Lead Surgeons to Contemplate Suicide." This study reveals that surgeons have suicidal ideation at higher rates than the general population, yet they are less likely to seek mental health treatment due to fears of losing their jobs and stigma about mental health. What are the risk factors involved in this? How can mental health be de-stigmatized within the medical field so that physicians and surgeons can get the treatment that they need? How might suicidal ideation in surgeons affect their job performance?
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