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Suicide among doctors in Turkey: Differences across gender, medical specialty and the method of suicide

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dc.contributor.authorYILDIZ, MESUT
dc.contributor.authorHIDIROĞLU, SEYHAN
dc.contributor.authorsYILDIZ M., Batun K. D., Sahinoglu H., Eryilmaz M. S., Ozel B., Ataoglu B., HIDIROĞLU S.
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-03T10:27:05Z
dc.date.available2023-04-03T10:27:05Z
dc.date.issued2023-03-01
dc.description.abstractBackground. Doctors have higher rates of mental illness and suicide than the general population worldwide. Suicides of doctors are known to be underreported in developing countries. To the best of our knowledge, there are no studies investigating suicides among medical students and doctors in Turkey.Objectives. To investigate the characteristics of suicides in medical school students and doctors in Turkey.Materials and methods. In this retrospective study, newspaper websites and Google search engine were searched for information on medical school student and doctor suicides in Turkey between 2011 and 2021. Cases of suicide attempt, parasuicide or deliberate self-harm were not included in the study.Results. Sixty-one suicides were reported between 2011-2021. There was a male predominance (45 (73.8%)), and more than half of the suicides (32 (52.5%)) occurred among specialist doctors. Self poisoning, jumping from heights and firearms were the most common methods of suicide (18 (29.5%), 17 (27.9%) and 15 (24.6%), respectively). Cardiovascular surgery, family medicine, gynecology, and obstetrics specialties had the highest numbers of suicide deaths. Depression/mental illness was the most common speculated etiology. These results show that suicides among medical students and doctors in Turkey have characteristics that differ from both suicided among the general population in Turkey and doctor suicides in other countries.Conclusions. In this study, we identified the suicidal characteristics of medical students and doctors in Turkey for the first time. The results help us to better understand this understudied topic and provide an avenue for future studies. The data also indicate that it is important to monitor the individual and systemic difficulties experienced by doctors, starting from the medical education stage, and to provide individual and environmental support to help decrease the risk of suicide.
dc.identifier.citationYILDIZ M., Batun K. D., Sahinoglu H., Eryilmaz M. S., Ozel B., Ataoglu B., HIDIROĞLU S., "Suicide among doctors in Turkey: Differences across gender, medical specialty and the method of suicide", ADVANCES IN CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE, 2023
dc.identifier.doi10.17219/acem/159423
dc.identifier.issn1899-5276
dc.identifier.urihttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36881366/
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11424/288100
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofADVANCES IN CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectTıp
dc.subjectDahili Tıp Bilimleri
dc.subjectTıbbi Ekoloji ve Hidroklimatoloji
dc.subjectSağlık Bilimleri
dc.subjectMedicine
dc.subjectInternal Medicine Sciences
dc.subjectMedical Ecology and Hydroclimatology
dc.subjectHealth Sciences
dc.subjectTIP, ARAŞTIRMA VE DENEYSEL
dc.subjectKlinik Tıp
dc.subjectKlinik Tıp (MED)
dc.subjectMEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL
dc.subjectCLINICAL MEDICINE
dc.subjectClinical Medicine (MED)
dc.subjectAraştırma ve Teori
dc.subjectİncelemeler ve Referanslar (tıbbi)
dc.subjectResearch and Theory
dc.subjectReviews and References (medical)
dc.titleSuicide among doctors in Turkey: Differences across gender, medical specialty and the method of suicide
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