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Suicide risk among physicians: a multivariate analysis.

Steven Stack1

  • 1Center for Suicide Research, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA. aa1051@wayne.edu

Archives of Suicide Research : Official Journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research
|August 6, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Physician suicide rates are higher than previously thought. Even after accounting for marital status, physicians remain at significantly increased risk for suicide compared to the general working population.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Sociology
  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Physician suicide research has overlooked the potential protective effect of marriage.
  • Previous studies may have underestimated the true incidence of physician suicide.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between physician status and suicide risk.
  • To determine if marital status acts as a suppressor variable in physician suicide rates.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 143,885 death records from the 1990 National Mortality Detail Files.
  • Multivariate logistic regression was employed to control for covariates.

Main Results:

  • Physicians were 2.45 times more likely to die by suicide than the general working-age population.

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  • This increased risk persisted even after controlling for marital status, gender, race, and social status indicators.

    • Conclusions:

    • Physician suicide risk is significantly elevated compared to the general population.
    • Marital status, while protective, does not fully account for the heightened suicide risk among physicians.