Doctors in the United States confront a high suicide rate as a result of stressful working conditions and excessively long work hours. one doctor dies every day by suicide in the US due to “stress and rigorous work schedules.” Director and chairman of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group told this to CNBC. Depression, the primary cause of suicidal ideation, affects an estimated 12 percent of male physicians and 19.5 percent of female physicians, but doctors are often hesitant to seek treatment due to the stigma associated with mental health problems. High suicide rates are also prevalent among medical students. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for medical students. They are three times more likely to kill themselves than their peers in the same age group.
— source wsws.org | 17 Jun 2019