title: Soundness in mind and body.
abstract: Brian McErlean is a vet in Western Australia who lost colleagues to suicide and got involved in a suicide prevention programme. Here he discusses the stresses of the job and the things that make people happy - they may not be what you expect. He also discusses suicide prevention and veterinary support systems being adopted in Australia.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McErlean
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D018634:Veterinarians / Q000523:psychology*; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention