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Mentally Ill Doctor
On Febuary 8, 2010, it was a normal day in the office, but this doctor on the inside was hurting and was deeply depressed. He made mistakes with patients and was unable to think straight. This doctor had a mental illness, which along with severe depression can put others at risk. Doctors need to be limited on their stress levels. If not it can lead to harmful effects on themselves and others. Yet, this wasn't the case, the doctor took his life that day on Febuary 8th. -
Doctors Suicide Rates
On September 19, 2011, doctor's suicide rates were found to have the highest suicide rates of any other career that year. We know that nearly every day, at least one doctor in the United States chooses to end his or her life. But it devastates us every time. Especially when these are doctors just setting out in their careers after investing years of their life in preparation. Sadly in 2015 that rate is still very high, and doesn't look to be going down anytime soon. -
Suicidal Doctor
On the evening of June 21, 2012, Greg drew a bath, lit candles, and put his iPod on speaker. He drank a copious quantity of vodka, and placed family photos on the ceramic ledge of the tub.Then he climbed into the warm water and with surgical skill, punctured the arteries carrying blood to his hands and feet. This is just a case of a doctor who couldn't take it anymore. Most doctor's over work and are contiuously stressed. On June 21, 2012 he took his own life. -
Doctor Errors
In 2013, rates of depression are higher in medical students and residents (15% to 30%) than in the general population.2-4 A longitudinal study of medical students at the University of California, San Francisco showed that students’ rates of depression when they enter medical school are similar to those of the general population. Their sadness can lead to medical errors for paitents. Which had happnened in the field before. As of 2014, more then 50 medical errors took place due to depression. -
Doctors Secretly Calling Out
In present todays society doctors are taking there lives from being over worked and over stressed. It has been reliably estimated that on average the United States loses as many as 400 physicians to suicide each year (the equivalent of at least one entire medical school). Doctors are people that are meant to help and take other people's pain away. Yet they get pain for themselves and are beat up over it. Thats why in 2015, even today doctors are being silent and just taking their own lives.
