Suicide and Self-Harm Among Physicians in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies of occupation-associated suicide suggest physicians may be at a higher risk of suicide compared to nonphysicians. We set out to assess the risk of suicide and self-harm among physicians and compare it to nonphysicians.

Methods

We conducted a population-based, retrospective cohort study using registration data from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario from 1990 to 2016 with a follow-up to 2017, linked to Ontario health administrative databases. Using age- and sex-standardized rates and inverse probability-weighted, cause-specific hazards regression models, we compared rates of suicide, self-harm, and a composite of either event among all newly registered physicians to nonphysician controls.

Results

Among 35,989 physicians and 6,585,197 n

SUBMITTER: Sood MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9510996 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature