Doctors’ Mental Health and Suicide Risk: Structural Risk and Resilience Factors Flinders University, 2020 Researcher: Professor Paul Ward Between 2001-12, 79 doctors committed suicide in Australia. A national survey found that doctors have a higher risk of psychological distress and suicide than other professionals and the general population, with other mental health conditions such as […]
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