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Archive Home > 2011 > January > 27 > Study: Surgeons with suicidal thoughts unlikely to seek help

Study: Surgeons with suicidal thoughts unlikely to seek help

By Kelly Brewington / The Bulletin
January 27, 2011

About 6 percent of surgeons reported having suicidal thoughts in the last year, but many are reluctant to seek help because they feared it would affect their medical license, according to a new study in the Archives of Surgery.

The study, based on an anonymous survey of nearly 8,000 surgeons,....

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