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Nurses Are Dying From Suicide at Higher Rates
By Alan Mozes
HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, April 14, 2021 (HealthDay News) Before the pandemic began, suicide risk was twice as high among female nurses compared with American women as a whole, a new study warns.
Even within the health care community itself, female nurses were found to be roughly 70% more likely to die by suicide than female doctors.
Why? Study author Matthew Davis said that for now, We don t know for certain what forces are directly responsible for the higher risk of suicide among nurses. It could be related to high job demands, lower autonomy compared to physicians, avoidance of mental health services for fear of stigma, [and] greater access to the means to complete suicide, meaning prescription drugs.
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Nurses who lose their jobs or are forced to leave the profession because of a substance use disorder, mental health problem, or chronic pain are at risk for suicide, according to a study published last week in the What really breaks your heart is the ones that lost their jobs last night, said Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, a nurse scientist at the University of California San Diego and lead author of the study, underscoring the impulsive nature of suicide. They may have been feeling chronically depressed, but from the moment that they think about suicide till they do it, is usually a very short interval.
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U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Tampa) about the American Rescue Plan, about two gun safety bills that just passed the House (H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446) and about Cuba policy.
“Thankfully, President Biden followed through with his promise to keep that $1,400 stimulus payment on track. The $600 at the end of the year, that was a down payment. Many of my GOP colleagues didn’t want to do any more than that.
“But we know that so many of our neighbors are still trying to stabilize their lives due to COVID-19 and that economic turmoil it brought. So yes, some of those payments are arriving in bank accounts already. It will be very important that folks file their tax returns.
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