[Editorial] Suicide among health-care workers: time to act

In the UK, physician burnout—typified by emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and a sense of reduced personal accomplishment—has reached epidemic proportions, according to an Article published in The Lancet in September, 2016. Implications of burnout are serious, not only for patients as preventable medical errors become increasingly inevitable, but also for the mental wellbeing of the individuals providing care with increases in burnout associated with suicidal ideation. The rate of depressive disorders among health-care workers compared with the general population is alarming and is an issue that spans the medical profession.

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