ENTs are the physicians with the highest rate of those saying they had suicidal thoughts in the last year, according to Medscape's "Physician Suicide Report 2023," which surveyed more than 9,100 practicing physicians.
Here is a breakdown among respondents who said they have had suicidal thoughts, by specialty:
ENT: 13 percent
Psychiatry: 12 percent
Family medicine: 12 percent
Anesthesiology: 12 percent
OB-GYN: 12 percent
Emergency medicine: 12 percent
Physical medicine: 11 percent
Internal medicine: 11 percent
Pediatrics: 11 percent
Plastic surgery: 11 percent
Public health: 11 percent
Allergy and immunology: 10 percent
General surgery: 10 percent
Neurology: 10 percent
Urology: 9 percent
Cardiology: 9 percent
Pathology: 8 percent
Infectious diseases: 8 percent
Gastroenterology: 8 percent
Diabetes/endocrinology: 8 percent
Ophthalmology: 8 percent
Critical care: 8 percent
Dermatology: 7 percent
Radiology: 7 percent
Orthopedics: 7 percent
Nephrology: 7 percent
Oncology: 7 percent
Rheumatology: 5 percent
Pulmonary medicine: 4 percent