Friday, March 26, 2010
Vets are four times more likely to kill themselves than the average person
The phenomenon could be explained by the stress they face in having to put down animals, as research, described in the "Veterinary Record" on March 27, suggests. Research paper here.
"Veterinary surgeons are often asked to end the lives of animals, either directly in the case of euthanasia, or indirectly in the case of involvement in the slaughter of meat producing livestock," neuroscientists Mr David Bartram and Dr David Baldwin, of the University of Southampton, said.
The suicide rate amongst vets is twice that of doctors and dentists, is about the same for males and females, and seems to apply throughout most of the Western world.
IMO: Interesting result, which probably relates in a fascinating way both to the slaughter of animals in a way counter to Indian cultural tradition and also to the possible results to the individual from killing victims other than animals, as in warfare.
"Veterinary surgeons are often asked to end the lives of animals, either directly in the case of euthanasia, or indirectly in the case of involvement in the slaughter of meat producing livestock," neuroscientists Mr David Bartram and Dr David Baldwin, of the University of Southampton, said.
The suicide rate amongst vets is twice that of doctors and dentists, is about the same for males and females, and seems to apply throughout most of the Western world.
IMO: Interesting result, which probably relates in a fascinating way both to the slaughter of animals in a way counter to Indian cultural tradition and also to the possible results to the individual from killing victims other than animals, as in warfare.
# posted by uv : 9:55 PM
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