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Suicide in Young Doctors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. C. Richings ,
G. S. Khara  and
M. McDowell
J. C. Richings*
Affiliation:
Department of Health and Social Security, 80-94 Newington Causeway, London SEI 6EF
G. S. Khara
Affiliation:
Department of Health and Social Security, 286 Euston Road, London NWl 3DN
M. McDowell
Affiliation:
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Medical Statistics Division, 10 Kingsway, London WC2B6JP
*
Correspondence
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Fifty-five cases of suicide by doctors under the age of 40 were studied because of concern about deaths among anaesthetists in training. The excess mortality of doctors from suicide was confirmed, suggesting that risk factors associated with being a member of the medical profession continue to operate, although mortality for young male doctors from accidental poisoning is falling. Analysis of the branches of medicine in which the doctors were working showed no definite specialty predominance. There was a somewhat greater risk for women doctors born overseas.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 4 , October 1986 , pp. 475 - 478
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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