suicide

I am wondering how many of you have experienced a classmate of yours dying (either in your graduating class or a different one)? Did your school communicate with you how that classmate died (suicide, accident, illness, etc.) How many of you have experienced a classmate committing suicide?

In America, becoming a doctor can prove fatal By Amitha Kalaichandran M.D. March 15, 2019 TODAY, 30,000 medical students across the United States learned where they would be heading next year. Each student opened an email or an envelope; inside was the name of the residency program where...

Edited to state the survey is still open! I invite you to participate in this survey; an academic research study conducted by Erica M. Asencio under the supervision of Dr. Robert LaChausse through the College of Health Science at California Baptist University. The study is driven by the...

I invite you to participate in this survey; an academic research study conducted by Erica M. Asencio under the supervision of Dr. Robert LaChausse through the College of Health Science at California Baptist University. The study is driven by the statistics that a disproportionately higher...

I thought I would just put it out there because I do not know how to grieve & I just cannot say it out loud in person anymore. Kernel has passed away. She was an amazing person, a beautiful person inside & out, & a talented artist. It is 3 am, & I have work tomorrow, but I just cannot stay...

very very upsetting! This is stressing me out and I hate this happening! I dont understand how a 4th year MD student can do this right as they are about to launch! God this is awful. \\\\\\\ NYU med student hangs herself in dorm room A distraught NYU medical student hanged herself inside a...

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Depression. Anxiety. Mental illness. Suicide. Healthcare is a field where we work to help treat patients and make them better. But for healthcare workers, and those aspiring to become healthcare workers, there can be a paradoxical effect. Instead of feeling better, they feel worse. Here...

[Credit to Christopher Byers, DVM see cited article below] What causes veterinarians such psychological pain? 1. Perfectionistic Personalities. We’re passionate. We don’t leave our job at the hospital; the job comes home with us. Importantly, we’re not used to failing. So, when we feel like...

NEJM-Kathryn I don't know if this has been posted already. Thoughts?

Hey everyone, I am currently finishing MA in US and will be moving to Canada soon. I will be applying for Clinical PhD program there, perhaps after getting some more research and practical experience. I'm not sure if it's the right place to ask, but do you know if any professors in Toronto...

Dean Muller at Icahn/Mt Sinai calls it a "paradigm shift"...... “…..we have also committed ourselves to a genuine paradigm shift in the way we define performance and achievement. We must minimize the importance of MCAT scores and grade point averages in admissions, pull out of school ranking...

Hi everyone, I have been reading some alarming statistics about the suicide rate and current mental health crisis of practicing veterinarians. Can anyone speak to this at all? Judgement-free.. I would really like to know how and why vets (from newbies to seniors) struggle and, most...

Found this TED talk, and just wanted to see what others think. Is she overemphasizing the stress of medical school? Or is it really that brutal?

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/11/02/453192132/in-reversal-death-rates-rise-for-middle-aged-whites http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-death-rate-is-rising-for-middle-aged-whites-1446499495...