Risk factors for suicidality in veterinarians in Austria. Response to the article entitled: "Suicide mortality among physicians, dentists, veterinarians, and pharmacists as well as other high-skilled occupations in Austria from 1986 through 2020"

Affiliations

¹ Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University for Continuing Education Krems, Krems 3500, Austria. Electronic address: rachel.dale@donau-uni.ac.at.
² Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University for Continuing Education Krems, Krems 3500, Austria; Faculty of Psychotherapy Science, Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Vienna 1020, Austria.
³ Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University for Continuing Education Krems, Krems 3500, Austria; Division of Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Austria.
⁴ Unit for Food Microbiology, Institute of Food Safety, Food Technology, and Veterinary Public Health, Department for Farm Animals and Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna 1210, Austria.
⁵ Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University for Continuing Education Krems, Krems 3500, Austria.
⁶ Unit for Food Microbiology, Institute of Food Safety, Food Technology, and Veterinary Public Health, Department for Farm Animals and Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna 1210, Austria; Austrian Competence Centre for Feed and Food Quality, Safety and Innovation, FFoQSI GmbH, Tulln 3430, Austria.

Comment

Rachel Dale et al. Psychiatry Res. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep:327:115410.

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115410. Epub 2023 Aug 18.

¹ Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University for Continuing Education Krems, Krems 3500, Austria. Electronic address: rachel.dale@donau-uni.ac.at.
² Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University for Continuing Education Krems, Krems 3500, Austria; Faculty of Psychotherapy Science, Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Vienna 1020, Austria.
³ Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University for Continuing Education Krems, Krems 3500, Austria; Division of Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Austria.
⁴ Unit for Food Microbiology, Institute of Food Safety, Food Technology, and Veterinary Public Health, Department for Farm Animals and Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna 1210, Austria.
⁵ Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University for Continuing Education Krems, Krems 3500, Austria.
⁶ Unit for Food Microbiology, Institute of Food Safety, Food Technology, and Veterinary Public Health, Department for Farm Animals and Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna 1210, Austria; Austrian Competence Centre for Feed and Food Quality, Safety and Innovation, FFoQSI GmbH, Tulln 3430, Austria.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Suicide mortality among physicians, dentists, veterinarians, and pharmacists as well as other high-skilled occupations in Austria from 1986 through 2020.
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