Resumen de Health and wellbeing: Mental health and seeking help

• ONCE again Veterinary Record has carried an article on stress and mental health issues within the profession (VR, May 9, 2015, vol 176, p 481). This is a recurrent subject and indeed so it should be. Vets have a significantly higher suicide rate than the general population and there has been much research into why we have made ourselves more at risk.

  Getting good help is essential. From personal experience, I can applaud the Vets Helpline for getting me through my own dark periods. I feel that, because so many factors relate to events specific to veterinary work, to have someone at the end of the phone who knows our industry is reassuring....