However, physicians may be unlikely to share their depression with their peers, friends and family. Fifty-seven percent of both male and female physicians said they think confiding in other physicians about depression isn’t a practical idea.
Here are the reasons why physicians said they might not tell anyone about their depression:
- People might doubt their abilities as a physician: 44% of respondents
- Medical board or their employer could find out: 42%
- It makes a negative statement about them personally: 40%
- People will think less of them: 37%
- They consider depression to be a weakness: 21%
- Other: 8%
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