Quick googling yields this - https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20180508/doctors-suicide-rate-highest-of-any-profession#1 https://www.webmd.com/mental-hea

Quick googling yields this - https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20180508/doctors-suicide-rate-highest-of-any-profession#1 https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20180508/doctors-su... It's not specifically about ER doctors. Anecdotally, I'm a lawyer, and they warned us in law school that lawyers have abnormally high rates of substance abuse and depression, and constant jokes to the contrary not withstanding, most lawyers believe they do good. Emotionally hard jobs are hard, even if they are indisputably good.