Support Network for Over-Stressed Doctors Needed

I think too many doctors are going crazy these days and when they lose it they lose it in ways that are very harmful. For a profession that requires an oath whereby a doctor must committ to helping all people and at minimum doing no harm, complete breakdowns in a doctor's psyche seems recently to translate into a short circuit causing the doctor to do maximum harm to those closest to him.

A doctor from Illinois recently threw his two young children (I believe ages 4 & 8) from a balcony in Miami and then followed them over the edge. All three perished. This week a doctor in New York was embroiled in a bitter divorce and rather than lose his home and office in an auction proceeding to pay to his ex-wife, he arranged for a gas explosion that severely injured him and almost killed several people.

I suspect that we need to establish better support organizations and mechanisms around physicians. They have an extreme responsibility such as is possibly only felt by soldiers in battle or police and fire rescue in extremen life or death situations. Physicians too need support for their emotional state such that they can continue to bear their responsibility. The notion of 'Physician heal thyself' is not valid as the physician may or may not be able to make an objective review of their mental state let alone act on the review even if its is objective.