Physician suicides - very sad but important to read

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<p>(note - it is heart-wrenching and there are details about the suicides)</p>

<p><a href=“Physician Suicide 101: Secrets, Lies, and Solutions”>Physician Suicide 101: Secrets, Lies, and Solutions;

<p>(Medscape is usually a subscription service, but you do not need to have credentials to view this article - thank you to Medscape for that)</p>

<p>Having self-harming in my past, this article really touched me. Even though there are special circumstances, outlined in the article, that make physicians and medical school students especially prone to suicidal thoughts and actions, if you read this, you’ll see that there are some college kids and early career adults in these situations.</p>

<p>I feel that every parent who is overjoyed that their child got into med school should read this, and have their child read this.</p>

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<p>I’m not subscribing to the site, rh.</p>

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<p>Uh, I said that NORMALLY you have to subscribe, and you have to be a researcher or health professional. Please read my English - they were kind enough to make the article open access, which is unusual.</p>

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<p>^^^Well, the link you provided requires a log in.</p>

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<p>Yikes, it doesn’t for me, so sorry, it even says "Commenting is limited to medical professionals. To comment please Log-in. " because it is open-access.</p>

<p>I am using a computer, not a mobile device by the way. Let me see if I can link to another version of it.</p>

<p>Try this please, sorry:
<a href=“http://www.idealmedicalcare.org/blog/physician-suicide-101-secrets-lies-solutions/”>http://www.idealmedicalcare.org/blog/physician-suicide-101-secrets-lies-solutions/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>(hopefully maybe this thread can be closed, and I can make a new one with the link that should work - it should I hope!)</p>

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<p>^^^That link worked for me.</p>

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<p>Thank you! Pretty much identical to what is on the Medscape page, somewhat longer but readable.</p>

<p>The comments are worth reading too.</p>

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<p>Thanks for sharing the second link. I do plan on sharing it with my future med school guy as it’s a worthy topic to have in the open.</p>

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Their English trumps your English. Thanks for the reading lesson.</p>

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<p>Thanks for sharing. I’ve shared it with my son, a newly-minted physician assistant surgeon, who has his first brain tumor surgery today. </p>

<p>I’ve always worried that the biggest obstacle facing healthcare workers was perscription abuse. The thought of feeling frustrated to the point of suicide never occured to me. </p>

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<p>A doctor who attempts suicide has no choice but to succeed. It is seriously suggested that it would be too professionally humiliating to have a failed suicide, when you have all the training and access to drugs to do it properly.</p>

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<p>The article makes people think long and hard about the profession. My daughter is currently involved in a federal lawsuit in regards to her medical school. Some of this cr** starts from there.</p>

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<p>Excellent article, thanks for sharing. Unfortunately all too accurate.</p>

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<p>quite good. I remember hearing psychiatrists had highest rate of suicide; I wonder if that is still true. Malpractice suits and Medicare reviews for questionable billing practices --whether they turn out to be substantiated–seem to be major stressors. </p>

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<p>I think I will buy her book for the MDs of the family. My relative is in residency and got a ton of hazing and grief. Law school had some but seems like med school is more grueling and blaming. I have several friends and loved ones in the medical practice who are doing a LOT of soul searching. </p>

<p>Have another relative in med school and one in pre-med. </p>

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<p>Unfortunately intelligent and sensitive people are more prone to depression everywhere I’ve read, and they see life more accurately.
I have to say seriously, that since my memory has been going as I age, I am * much* happier.
( although I constantly am picking books out of my bookshelf and marveling that I ever got through it)</p>

<p><a href=“Careers Where You’re Most Likely to Commit Suicide”>Careers Where You’re Most Likely to Commit Suicide;

<p>Im surprised dancers are so inclined. To me that seems like a wonderful career if you are talented. Artistic and physically expressive.</p>

<p>The military suicide rate is very high, but that makes more sense.
My brother for instance, wasn’t in the Middle East, but he has very serious health problems stemming from his military career. ( he is now retired from military)
<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/21/us/22-veteran-suicides-a-day/”>Why suicide rate among veterans may be more than 22 a day - CNN;

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<p>I’m thinking of buying and sharing her book with healthcare providers for the holidays. I think it is a refreshing and hopeful philosophy much-needed in the current frenetic brutal medical settings many find themselves in. </p>

<p>Ideal medical practices sound intriguing. </p>