Mental Health
Pandemic adds pressure on doctors, who already had one of the highest rates of suicide – Cronkite News
Physicians have one of the highest rates of death by suicide, and the intensities and difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic have only increased the stressors that care providers are under. A 2019 study by the Missouri State Medical Association found that more than 300 doctors die by suicide each year across the nation – nearly one per day.
