Suicide in Professional Groups

Blachly, Paul H.; Osterud, Harold T.; Josslin, R.

doi:10.1056/nejm196306062682307

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“…One cannot help but note that suicide, which is an ultimate defense against reality, is the defense of choice that occurs most frequently in high income and high status groups (dentists, physicians, lawyers). 42 The drug addict, particularly the urban Negro male who is the subject of this study, like all men in their existence, attempts to come to terms with his reality, both with the contemporary stresses and the cumulative ones This approach enables one to perceive drug addition in terms of the mutual interpenetration of an individual with his environment. The addict in his interpenetration with his environment becomes dehumanized and, in turn, he dehumanizes others; he becomes brutalized and brutalizes others.…”

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confidence: 99%

Psychosocial aspects of addiction.

Abrams¹,

Gagnon²,

Levin³

1968

Am J Public Health Nations Health

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychosocial aspects of addiction.

Abrams¹,

Gagnon²,

Levin³

1968

Am J Public Health Nations Health

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“…Men comprised 82.5% (5,824), while women comprised 17.5% (1,239). The men were 39.7 9.7 years old (mean SD) and the women 32.8 9.5 years old (mean SD).…”

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“…Kuramoto [11] investigated the senior researchers and research directors in 15 government research institutions in Japan, and reported that their mental health status was comparable to that of the general workers. Some suicidologists have suggested a high suicide mortality among physicians, and have argued that this may be related to work stress, Type-A behavior pattern or drug use [1,8,17], although other researchers disagree [16]. According to a study in the USA,``natural scientists'' are in low-strain occupations with low psychological demands and high job decisionlatitude [6].…”

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confidence: 99%

Mental health of scientific researchers I. Characteristics of job stress among scientific researchers working at a research park in Japan

Kageyama¹,

Matsuzaki

Morita

et al. 2001

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

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In order to clarify the characteristics of job stress in scientific researchers, a self-administered questionnaire survey for 16,330 workers was carried out at Tsukuba Research Park City, Japan. The data of 7,063 (43%) workers aged 20-59 years old were analyzed, and the characteristics of job stress in 3,290 scientific researchers were compared with those of 1,799 technicians and 1,849 clerks. The researchers perceived higher quantitative and qualitative workload, greater job control (job decision latitude), and greater reward from work, than did the other two job groups. In addition, young male researchers received a large amount of support from their coworkers, while middle-aged male researchers perceived difficulty in personal relationships with their coworkers. From the viewpoints of the demand-control-support model and the effort-reward imbalance model, the researchers, particularly men, were typically occupied in active jobs, and the large amount of effort required for their work seemed to be balanced by greater reward from work. Compared with male researchers, however, female researchers perceived lesser job demand, lesser job control, and lesser reward from work. The working environment of female researchers may be related to the so-called career stress of working women. The mental health status of these scientific researchers should be examined directly in a future study.

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“…Although driving is not a major component of the jobs in the tobacco industry, mortality from alcoholism is high in the southeastern states, particularly among men. 31 July/August 1983 [Vol. 38, (No.4) Except for associations with nitroglycol and carbon disulphide, 34 -36 neither of which are known to occur in the tobacco industry, heart disease is not known to be related to specific occupational exposures.…”

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Causes of Death among Workers in the Tobacco Industry

Blair

Berney

Heid

et al. 1983

Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal

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The number of deaths by cause, race, and sex among 2,709 workers (1,003 white males, 789 black males, 517 white females, and 400 black females) in the tobacco industry identified from obituary listings of the Tobacco Workers' International Union from 1957 to 1978 were compared to expected numbers based on the experience of the U.S. population. The frequency of deaths from cancer of the colon was slightly elevated among each race-sex group [proportionate mortality ratios (PMRs) from 129 to 163]. Although unexplained, this resembles the excess of cancer of the digestive system previously reported among cigarette manufacturers. The excess deaths from cancer of the lung occurred only among white females and may represent chance findings. Among non-neoplastic causes of death, PMRs for arteriosclerotic heart disease, motor vehicle accidents, and suicides were high among most race-sex groups, while PMRs for respiratory disease and cirrhosis of the liver were low.

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Suicide in Professional Groups

Cited by 76 publications

References 8 publications

Psychosocial aspects of addiction.

Psychosocial aspects of addiction.

Mental health of scientific researchers I. Characteristics of job stress among scientific researchers working at a research park in Japan

Causes of Death among Workers in the Tobacco Industry

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