It's hard to know whether this statistic is worrisome without knowing what percentage of the general public is clinically depressed, which the article does not mention. This is only about 5.5% of the physicians surveyed, which is close to 1 in 18 rather than "1 in 4". More precisely, we learn from a slideshow about the survey 2 that of the 23% who said they were "feeling depressed" 24% said that they were "clinically depressed". Instead, the latter is a fourth of the earlier fourth. Later in the article, we read: "Among the 23% of physicians who said they were depressed, about two thirds said they had 'colloquial depression' (sad, blue, feeling down) compared to about 1 in 4 who said they were clinically depressed." Obviously, the editor who wrote the headline for the newsletter saw the first sentence, then later read that "about 1 in 4…said they were clinically depressed", and then thought that these were the same 1 in 4. A more accurate if less scary headline would be: Nearly 1 in 4 Docs Report Feeling Depressed. ![]() However, "feeling depressed" is not the same thing as "clinical depression", and the newsletter headline dropped the word "nearly". The article beneath the headline begins: "More than half of physicians reported feeling burned out this year and nearly 1 in 4 doctors reported feeling depressed…". Given recent events, that's not surprising. More Physicians Are Experiencing Burnout and Depression ![]() The article the headline linked to has a less alarming headline: This would be alarming news if true, but thankfully it's not. The following headline appeared recently in a medical newsletter:ġ in 4 Docs Experiencing Clinical Depression 1 Previous Month | RSS/XML | Current WEBLOG February 16th, 2023 ( ) Depressing Headline
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