A study published in American Psychologist examined the suicide rates of psychologists between 2003 and 2018, identifying 159 cases of psychologist suicide in the National Violent Death Reporting System. Psychologists accounted for approximately 5% of suicides among ten different healthcare professions in 2018. (If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or follow this link to their online chat.) Globally, there are 700,000 deaths by suicide per year – that is roughly 1 every 40 seconds. Between 2000 and 2018, suicides increased b…
