{"title":"Doctor suicide: doctors need a robust support system","authors":"Dominic Corrigan","doi":"10.1136/bmj.q2291","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The BMJ ’s commentary on doctor suicide in the UK is both timely and critical.1 In the US, one doctor dies by suicide every day. These largely preventable deaths emphasise the need for high quality mental health support for doctors. Untreated mental illness is the most common factor in doctor suicides, making accessible clinical care essential to save lives. The NHS Practitioner …","PeriodicalId":22388,"journal":{"name":"The BMJ","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The BMJ","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2291","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The BMJ ’s commentary on doctor suicide in the UK is both timely and critical.1 In the US, one doctor dies by suicide every day. These largely preventable deaths emphasise the need for high quality mental health support for doctors. Untreated mental illness is the most common factor in doctor suicides, making accessible clinical care essential to save lives. The NHS Practitioner …