Dr. Roger brings to light the alarming statistic about veterinarians having the highest rate of suicide among professions, making them 2-4 times more likely to die by suicide than the general populations. Dr. Roger discusses the reasons behind this crisis and what measures pet owners can take to help diffuse the emotions that can bring a veterinary practitioner to do the unthinkable.

Dr. Roger Welton is a practicing veterinarian and media personality, CEO/attending veterinarian at ⁠⁠⁠Premier Veterinary Care⁠⁠⁠, and author of the top selling book, ⁠⁠⁠The Man In The White Coat⁠⁠⁠.  Dr. Roger selects listener emails to be addressed on the air, so if interested in having your voice heard on the podcast, email comments or questions to comments@web-dvm.net.  For more content from Dr. Roger visit his blog at ⁠⁠⁠Web-DVM.net⁠⁠⁠ and you can also follow his public Facebook profile by friend requesting "Roger Welton DVM".