“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” Babe Ruth
This week’s blog post is one of utmost importance in the veterinary community – suicide in veterinarians. Not as oft-discussed as it should be, it’s becoming clearer with time that members of the veterinary medical field are prone to experiencing burnout, depression, and extreme levels of stress.
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
An article came out in JAMA open on Friday in which participants in a study were twice as likely to die within the study period if they lacked a strong sense of life purpose, than those who had a strong life purpose.