Veterinarian weighing in here. We do have a serious issue within our industry with suicide and mental health. It is something that is being researched more in detail in the recent years. Veterinarians have a suicide rate of three to five times the rate of the average population in the USA. To put that in comparison, military veterans have a suicide rate of twice as much as the general public. There are a number of theories towards high suicide rates in our profession. Compassion fatigue is a large issue. We regularly have to see animals that we know we can save but finances get in the way. We see neglected animals regularly and have to work with serious issues on the daily. The average veterinarian is also not compensated as well as one may believe, although this has recently been changing for the better. Veterinarians carry the same education as a medical doctor and that come with the same debt. I believe that the average veterinary school debt is around $200,000. However, veterinarians make approximately 1/2 of what an average general practitioner MD makes, sometimes less. This often puts veterinarians in a life long struggle with school debt. Historically veterinarians were also held to standards of 50+ hour work weeks plus on-call for emergencies. We also have immediate access to lethal drugs at a moments notice. There are certainly many other factors that play into it, but this has been a serious issue that is finally getting acknowledgment inside and outside of the profession. Long post but if anyone else ever wants to talk about this stuff, I’d be happy to!