High rates of physician suicide are a devastating reality that require multiple solutions, according to experts.
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and Sep. 17 was National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. The Physicians Foundation, a nonprofit organization, marked the occasion by releasing a new report — the 2023 Survey of America’s Current and Future Physicians — that offered troubling insights into the current state of mental health among medical providers and students.
“We know that physicians have one of the highest suicide rates of any profession,”