Burnout U

Apparently depression and suicidal thoughts seem to be an issue among students in medical school, which is something that I would have never guessed.  Obviously the article seems to target readers who are uninformed, because the tone of the article seems to be factual and informational.  "Burnout U" by Sydney Spiesel takes hold of the topic concerning students in medical school with extraordinarily high stress levels.  The study to prove the theory includes over 2,000 students at 7 different medical school with signs of depression, burnout, and thoughts of suicide.  The most shocking study that I found within the article is that each year about 10% of medical students experience suicidal thoughts.  And to follow that note, about 1 in every 4 medical students experience suicidal thoughts sometime while they are attending medical school.  Fortunately, studies checked in a year later and suicidal thoughts among medical students decreased dramatically.  Why does this happen?  Why is this issue being studied just on medical students?  Medical students experience enormous amounts of stress caused by the large amounts of medical knowledge they are expected to study and master.  Because the medical field is very challenging and it is necessary to be 100% sure with the facts that you know, professors and teachers press the students hard, as they should, but it is to the point where the students feel down about themselves, feeling useless and incompetent.  Medical students are also exposed to human death and suffering often, so their mood is naturally shifted negatively because of that.