Highest suicide rate...

[ccmedoc]

I don't know why this surprised me so.....I guess I just didn't think it was this big of a problem...It begs the question asked elsewhere, if it was acceptable to have medical professionals medicated for depression......

Just over one suicide a day........... :shock:

[web:e024a5677a]http://www.familydocs.org/files/physiciansuicidefactsheet.pdf[/web:e024a5677a]

Some more on the PBS special and the information available....

http://www.newsweek.com/id/132887

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/7...de_rate_of.html

http://www.doctorswithdepression.org/

[Ridryder 911]

If you read, .."stress has not been an associated contributor"... Ironically, pharmacists has one of the highest rates in the health care profession.. who would had thought?

R/r 911

[Virginia NPP]

It just amazes me that this continues to be a question or concern. It must have something to do with stigma. Is it because of this false idea that depression is a character flaw or weakness that one can get over if they are strong enough or try hard enough???

REAL (clinical) depression does NOT work this way!

Will someone PLEASE help me understand what the concern is here????

I will say again: ANTIDEPRESSANTS (NOT Benzo's or alot of other drugs people mistakenly think are antidepressants) do not effect skills except to make them BETTER in depressed persons. They help with concentration, decision making, motivation etc etc etc.

Sadly, many people do not take them due to this attitude / stigma especially medical people.(see the previous video on doctors and depression). They end up hurting themselves and not helping others.

I sincerely hope that a care provider with depression is medicated when taking care of me.

[ccmedoc]

I will say again: ANTIDEPRESSANTS (NOT Benzo's or alot of other drugs people mistakenly think are antidepressants) do not effect skills except to make them BETTER in depressed persons. They help with concentration, decision making, motivation etc etc etc.

I 100% agree with your opinion. I do not think that providers medicated for depression compromise care..quite the contrary..I believe that not providing the appropriate medications and counseling does just that, compromises patient care and caregiver health..

I was curious, since it seemed popular opinion that providers being medicated with antidepressants were a liability, if the opinion changed when the providers in question

were physicians..

Is it because of this false idea that depression is a character flaw or weakness that one can get over if they are strong enough or try hard enough???

I think this is the common misconception, and the articles kind of point this out..

(NOT Benzo's or alot of other drugs people mistakenly think are antidepressants)

This is where the last discussion went south, in my opinion..more education on antidepressants and how they work would help the stigma you speak of..

perhaps I could have worded the first part of my post differently, I was more referring to the previous question than advocating for it...