Long work hours linked to doubled risk of mental illness, suicide in junior doctors | rachelclun
, found junior doctors who work more than 55 hours a week are at twice the risk of mental illness or suicide compared to their counterparts who worked between 40 and 44 hours a week.
However, she said restricting the number of hours doctors could work was a simplistic solution. She said ensuring there were sufficient breaks between shifts and on-call periods and making sure doctors were being paid for overtime would be more effective. The research looked at data from 2706 full-time junior doctors who responded to a comprehensive Beyond Blue survey from 2013. While the data was six years old, Associate Professor Harvey said the findings were still relevant.
Dr James Lawler, who is a psychiatry registrar and co-chair of the AMA's doctors in training committee, said he knows certain registrars who work 16-hour days throughout the week, on top of overtime.
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