Male and Female Physician Suicidality: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Population-based findings on physician suicide are of great relevance because this is an important and understudied topic.

Objective

To evaluate male and female physician suicide risks compared with the general population from 1980 to date and test whether there is a reduction of SMR in cohorts after 1980 compared with before 1980 via a meta-analysis, modeling studies, and a systematic review emphasizing physician suicide risk factors.

Data sources

This study uses studies retrieved from PubMed, Scielo, PsycINFO, and Lilacs for human studies published by October 3, 2019, using the search term "(((suicide) OR (self-harm) OR (suicidality)) AND ((physicians) OR (doctors)))." Databases were also searched from countries listed in articles selected for review. Dat

SUBMITTER: Duarte D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7057173 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature