Physician suicide—its incidence, causes, and prevention—has been a subject of intense study, particularly since the landmark meta-analysis by Schernhammer.1 In this issue of JAMA Psychiatry, Duarte and colleagues2 provide a much-needed update on physician suicide rates in a meta-analysis of global studies. But ultimately, physician suicide is more than a matter of standardized mortality ratios; rather, it is a tragedy both personally and professionally. Any discussion of physician suicide deaths needs to recognize the far-reaching influence that even a single suicide has on the physician’s community ...
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LA - en SN - 2168-622X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.0009 ID - ref1 ER -