Abstract
Suicide by Psychiatrists: A Study of Medical Specialists Among 18,730 Consecutive Physician Deaths During a Five Year Period, 1967-72
Rich C L~~Pitts F N
The rate of 953 suicides by psychiatrists out of 18730 physician deaths over a 5-yr period indicates that psychiatrists suicide regularly, year-by-year, at rates about twice those expected; these differences are signicant.