UQ VETS hosted a trivia night for the local veterinary community to raise money for the charity Love your pet? Love your vet! This is a charity very close to our hearts following the loss of two members of the veterinary community to suicide in the last few weeks, one of whom was a good friend and former colleague of ours at UQ VETS. Love your pet? Love your vet! are a charity that works to raise awareness about burnout and suicide in the veterinary industry and also support veterinarians in regaining their wellbeing and quality of life.
The event was well supported by local individuals and businesses with the donation of lots of great prizes raffled off on the evening. Tickets sold out for the evening, with the function room at capacity, with veterinary professionals from all over south east Queensland attending and raising over $3,000 for Love your pet? Love your vet!
Love Your Pet? Love Your Vet! was founded by Psychologist Dr Nadine Hamilton, who spent over six years researching veterinarian wellbeing at a doctoral level. Her research investigated why the rate of suicide in this profession is so high (roughly four-times the national average), as well as developing an evidence-based psycho-educational intervention program (which resulted in reductions in anxiety, stress, and depression in veterinarian participants).
