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EXPERIENCE in dealing with depressive reactions and suicidal behavior in physicians caused us to inquire whether the frequency of suicide is higher among persons engaged in certain professions than in the general population. If this were found to be true, perhaps preventive measures could be taken in the form of increased education of students entering the professions regarding the symptoms of this occupational hazard.Dublin and Spiegelman,1 in a review of mortality in American physicians from 1938–42, concluded that suicide was slightly more common in physicians than in the general population (39.0 per 100,000 as compared with 37.6 per 100,000 . . .
Blachly et al. (Thu,) studied this question.