ARE DENTISTS PRONE TO SUICIDE ?
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH - Year 2017, Vol 9, Issue 11
Abstract
According to WHO, 300 million suffer from depression. Suicide accounted for 1.4% of all deaths worldwide, making it the 17th leading cause of death in 2015.Medical training has reported to be very stressful. Global prevalence of depression among medical students was found to be 28%. Even more frightening, 11 per cent of medical students have reported suicidal ideation within the past year. Many of them do not have the requisite intelligence, competence or the aptitude to meet the tough demands of medical studies. Dentists encounter numerous sources of professional stress, beginning in dental school. This stress can have a negative impact on their personal and professional lives. But there is no reliable data portraying suicide among dentists. Is Dentistry ahead of other professions in suicide rate ?. This review seeks to bring forth the suicide rates in dentistry and causes for the same.
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Dr. Dhanya Raghunathan .
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