Reviving Vet Med
Join Dr. Marie Holowaychuk, board-certified small animal emergency and critical care specialist, as she explores the world of mental health and wellbeing, as it relates to veterinary professionals.
Reviving Vet Med
What You Can Do To Prevent Suicide | Episode 7 | Reviving Vet Med
The statistics regarding veterinarian suicide have been the focus of studies in recent years. However, it's time that the focus shifted away from the statistics and towards what we can do as a veterinary profession to support the mental health and wellbeing of all veterinary team members.
In this episode, I share practical strategies for reducing stigma, fostering mental health, and preventing suicide among veterinary professionals.
Video Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYNi4M6JIQY&list=PLSg17Xf-rT1-e4zMj5UhYf_ecmYdqO4k7&index=12
Resources
Prevalence of mental health outcomes among Canadian veterinarians (JAVMA 2020): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31961276/
Executive summary of the Merck Animal Health Veterinary Wellbeing Study (JAVMA 2018): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29701527/
Suicide among veterinarians in the United States from 1979 through 2015 (JAVMA 2019): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30668293/
If you are someone you know are having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, please...
Call: 1-800-273-8255 (USA) 1-833-456-4566 (Canada)
Visit: suicide.org
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