Is access to euthanasia drugs and moral stress linked to suicide rates in veterinarians? A cross-sectional national survey and network analysis (opens in new tab)

IntroductionVeterinarians face unique occupational risks contributing to elevated suicide rates, including psychological distress, moral stress from euthanasia, and access to lethal drugs. No national study has simultaneously modelled the combined contributions of lethal means access, moral stress, and psychopathology to suicide risk in this population using machine learning approaches.MethodsThis national cross-sectional study of 783 Polish veterinarians used validated psychometric tools and...