SUICIDE BY PSYCHIATRISTS - A STUDY OF MEDICAL SPECIALISTS AMONG 18,730 CONSECUTIVE PHYSICIAN DEATHS DURING A 5-YEAR PERIOD, 1967-72
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 41 (8) , 261-263
Abstract
Suicide by psychiatrists was studied from 953 suicides in 18,730 consecutive deaths of USA physicians during a 5 yr period, 1967-1972. Psychiatrists suicide regularly at rates about twice those expected; and these differences are statistically significant.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Affective disorder—VII: Alcoholism and affective disorderJournal of Psychiatric Research, 1966