The Senate recently passed a bill that is intended to reduce the stigma that health care professionals often face when seeking mental health services.
The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act is named after an ED physician who took her own life in April 2020 after treating patients with COVID-19. The bill now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk for signature.
In a 2021 survey conducted by The Physicians Foundation, 20% of physicians said they knew of a physician who “has either considered, attempted or died by suicide (Read more...)