Suicide among U.S. women physicians, 1967-1972
- 1 May 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 136 (5) , 694-696
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.136.5.694
Abstract
AMA [American Medical Association] records of the deaths of 751 women physicians during 1967-1972 were studied. A total of 49 (6.56%) committed suicide. The suicide rate for women physicians (40.7/100,000 per year) was higher than for men physicians and about 4 times that for white American women of the same age. From the known morbid risk for suicide among women with primary affective disorder, it was calculated that about 65% of American women physicians have primary affective disorder.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Suicide in Male and Female PhysiciansJAMA, 1974
- Affective disorder—VII: Alcoholism and affective disorderJournal of Psychiatric Research, 1966
- Some Clinical Considerations in the Prevention of Suicide Based on a Study of 134 Successful SuicidesAmerican Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1959