该话题已被移动 - lightningwing , 2013-08-12 04:40
如果您尚不清楚该话题被移动的原因，请参考论坛规则以及本版公告或者联系本版版主。

发帖
每发1个新帖
可以获得0.5个丁当奖励
回帖

【社会人文】每天有一个医生自杀：不是只有中国的医生压力大 [精华]

只看楼主
页码直达：
直达末页

楼主

逃

神经科

丁香园管理员

+1 积分
1楼

这个帖子发布于10年零259天前，其中的信息可能已发生改变或有所发展。

我所有的同行都认为他们的压力是前所未有并且举世无双的。

事实上并非如此。

在美国，平均每天有1个医生自杀，男医生的自杀率是是普通人群的1.4倍，女医生的抑郁症状是普通人群的2倍,自杀率是非医生女性的2.3倍

参考文献：救救医生吧

Help for Today's Tense, Frustrated Doctors

It's tough to be a doctor these days. Whether it's listening to the difficulties of our medical colleagues as they try to best care for their patients, or engaging other health professionals about the uncertainties surrounding health reform, we've noticed a tense, sometimes gloomy, atmosphere among physicians.

A recent survey from the Annals of Internal Medicine bears this out. More than a quarter of primary care doctors reported being "burnt out," in part due to worsening time pressures and a chaotic work pace, which were "strongly associated with low physician satisfaction."[1]

An alarming number of physicians, unable to cope with the pressures of practicing everyday medicine, succumb to the stress. Consider that 300-400 doctors in the United States kill themselves every year, or roughly 1 per day. Male doctors have suicide rates 1.4 times that of the general population, while female doctors have twice the rate of depression and 2.3 times the suicide rate when compared with women who are not physicians.

Maybe it would help if we could all laugh a little more often. Really.

Although doctors are known as a pretty serious group, humor is one of the best ways to cope with the harsh realities that we face daily.

This concept isn't new. The phenomenon of using humor in difficult situations was first studied by the psychiatrist Sigmund Freud. He introduced the term "gallows humor," which is based on the theory that joking relieves anxiety and laughter can transform unpleasant feelings into ones that are more positive.

Indeed, researchers have pointed to humor as a way for doctors to express a wide array of stressful emotions, including grief, disappointment, and anger, in ways that they find more palatable. A study from the Annals of Emergency Medicine looked at how emergency physicians managed stress and reported that the ability to find humor in everyday experiences was among the most successful strategies to prevent burnout.[2]

Humor itself won't overcome the obstacles that doctors face today, such as an increasing bureaucratic burden or a worsening malpractice environment. But poking fun at some of these inane situations can perhaps alleviate some of that distress.

Patients also can benefit from some levity during their doctor's visit. We've heard from many patients who are growing increasingly dissatisfied after receiving medical care. They report little eye contact, decreased face-to-face time, and feeling depersonalized. These are all consequences of a medical system that promotes rushed physician encounters.