Physician Depression-Part 3
Series: Troubled Doctors: Addiction and Depression in Medicine
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The head of the Washington Physician's Health Program says there's an epidemic of suicide among doctors. In the final part of our series on impaired physicians, we'll examine the reasons why depressed doctors go untreated and why the end result is often an attempt at suicide.
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The head of the Washington Physician's Health Program says there's an epidemic of suicide among doctors. In the final part of our series on impaired physicians, we'll examine the reasons why depressed doctors go untreated and why the end result is often an attempt at suicide.
Broadcast History
May 6,7,8 2008 on KUOW
Transcript
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Part 3
Air May 8, 2008
Depression is a growing problem among physicians. It can threaten the doctor-patient relationship and in the worst case can be fatal.
?A grief reaction drifted into depression and it got the point of suicide attempt. I did not expect to recover from it.
Studies show suicide risk among certain physicians is almost 6 times higher than average. In part three of our series on Addicted and Depressed Physicians, KUOW?s Patricia Murphy reports on the prevalence of depression among healthcare workers.
Dr. C, as we?ll call him, has a busy family practice in a rural part of the state. But five years ago he was hit with depression so severe it nearly cost him his life.
?My mom died. My best friend died from leukemia. And I was also his doc, and was there the day he died. I was there with my mom the day she died.
Doctor C admits he didn?t k...
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Review of Physician Depression
I have often wondered about physicians and depression and whom do they turn to for help. This piece nicely filled in the missing pieces of the puzzle in my understanding of depression among physicians. This was a well-edited piece that provided all the necessary information about the dark side of being a physician and the stresses and strains they undergo while helping us. What I liked about this piece is they were able to pack a lot of useful information in less than 6 minutes.