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Physician Death by Suicide: Problems Seeking Stakeholder Solutions Tracy D. Gunter<p>Each year approximately 400 physicians die by suicide in the United States, leaving an estimated one million patients without their physicians [ 1 - 5 ]. Physicians are two to three times more likely to die by&nbsp; suicide than members of the general population and are more likely to die by suicide than other professionals [ 6 , 7 ]. Compounding the tragedy is&nbsp; that for decades&nbsp; we&nbsp; have&nbsp; been&nbsp; aware&nbsp; that&nbsp; medicine&nbsp; is the deadliest profession [ 8 ]. The earliest articles located for this review date to 1897 and 1921 [ 9 ] and the earliest specific data supporting the statement that physicians were at greater risk than other professionals was&nbsp; a&nbsp; 1927&nbsp; review of 1921 death&nbsp; data&nbsp; [ 10 ].&nbsp; More physicians in&nbsp; the United States died by suicide than by motor vehicle accidents, plane crashes, drowning, and homicides combined in&nbsp; the late 1960’s&nbsp; [ 11 ] and the statistics could go on. Suffice it to say that the trend remains at best unchanged, and at worst worsening. </p> Archives of Depression and Anxiety - Peertechz Publications 2016-05-25 Research Article https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5460.000010 en Copyright © Tracy D. Gunter et al.