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Doctors’ dark thoughts during COVID
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Doctors’ dark thoughts during COVID
Friday 4 March 2022, 12:58 PM

Marie Bismark, of the University of Melbourne, studied thoughts of suicide and self-harm among Australian health workers [Supplied]
Key points, In an Australian survey of health workers, 10.5 per cent of the 8500 respondents said they had contemplated self-harm during the previous 14 days; the, BACK panel - grey
References
Bismark M, Scurrah K, Pascoe A et al. Thoughts of suicide or self-harm among Australian healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2022;48674221075540 (online 7 February).
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35128948/
Eggleton K, Bui N, Goodyear-Smith F. COVID-19 impact on New Zealand general practice: rural–urban differences. Rural and Remote Health 2022; 22:7185.
https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH7185
Every-Palmer S, Jenkins M, Gendall P, et al. Psychological distress, anxiety, family violence, suicidality, and wellbeing in New Zealand during the COVID-19 lockdown: A cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE 2022;15(11):e0241658