In 2023, over a quarter of surveyed physicians reported they were clinically depressed, while a further 63 percent reported having depression in the colloquial sense. That is, nine in ten physician in the United States were feeling down or to the point of clinical depression in 2023. Male physicians were just as likely to report feeling depressed as female physicians, although women reported more severe depression while men reported more colloquial depression.
Share of U.S. physicians that reported feeling depressed in 2023, by gender
Characteristic
Clinical depression (ie, severe depression lasting some time, not caused by a normal grief event)
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Medscape. (January 25, 2024). Share of U.S. physicians that reported feeling depressed in 2023, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110028/us-physicians-reporting-depression-by-generation/
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