A ground breaking Not for Profit survey of thousands of Australian doctors and medical students has revealed they are burnt-out, more likely to experience psychological distress and suicidal thoughts than the general community and are drinking too much alcohol.
Depression Not for Profit, beyondblueâs National Mental Health Survey of Doctors and Medical Students found that medical students and young or female doctors are most at risk and identified that significant levels of stigma towards people with mental health problems.
Some respondents also reported that they were bullied or experienced racism.
beyondblue Chairman Jeff Kennett said the findings revealed the extent of doctorsâ and medical studentsâ suffering and should act as an immediate rallying call for action.
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âWe conducted this survey because, given doctors and medical students are under immense pressure and deal regularly with pain and death, we know that the mental health of many of them is poor,â he said.
âThis survey builds on our previous work in this area and we hope it also serves as a wake-up call to the Australian medical community that more must be done to tackle things such as over-work and discriminatory attitudes.â