{"text":"Far too many doctors-many of them excellent physicians-commit suicide each year; one recent study concluded that, until quite recently, the United States lost annually the equivalent of a medium-sized medical school class from suicide alone. Most physician suicides are due to depression or manic-depressive illness, both of which are eminently treatable. Physicians, unfortunately, not only suffer from a higher rate of mood disorders than the general population, they also have a greater access to very effective means of suicide.","author":"Kay Redfield Jamison","tags":["mood-disorders","mortality-rate","physicians","suicide"],"id":371009,"author_id":"Kay+Redfield+Jamison"}