Chapter
Suicide in Doctors
Abstract
Completed suicide is among the leading causes of death worldwide. Globally, it accounts for more annual deaths than natural disasters, violence inflicted by others, war, and conflict combined. High occupational completed suicide rates are often linked to factors such as easy access to a method of suicide, social isolation at work, the natural selection of high-risk people to certain occupations, and socioeconomic forces. Physicians and other …
Authors
Couto TCE; Rückl SCZ; Duarte D; Correa H
Book title
Suicide Risk Assessment and Prevention
Pagination
pp. 529-550
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2022
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-42003-1_29