Recent data analyses reveal the disturbing decline in well-being of contemporary US physicians. This trend has captured the attention of not only affected physicians and researchers but also physicians' patients and the general public. For example, the September 7, 2015, issue of TIME Magazine featured an article titled “Life/Support: Inside the Movement to Save the Mental Health of America's Doctors.”1 The article addresses many troubling facts about the state of physicians in the United States, including that as many as 400 US physicians are dying by suicide each year, a number comparable, the author points out, with the graduating classes of two or three medical school classes annually.
Recent data analyses reveal the disturbing decline in well-being of contemporary US physicians. This trend has captured the attention of not only affected physicians and researchers but also physicians' patients and the general public. For example, the September 7, 2015, issue of TIME Magazine featured an article titled “Life/Support: Inside the Movement to Save the Mental Health of America's Doctors.”1 The article addresses many troubling facts about the state of physicians in the United States, including that as many as 400 US physicians are dying by suicide each year, a number comparable, the author points out, with the graduating classes of two or three medical school classes annually.