This post was created in partnership with BetterHelp. As a BetterHelp affiliate, we may receive compensation from BetterHelp if you purchase products or services through the links provided on this page. On average, the United States loses one physician per day to suicide, and this includes many physicians in training, usually within the first…
By: Committee of Interns and Residents On Nov. 29 and Dec. 1 the ACGME held a symposium on physician well-being, focusing on solutions to the epidemic of burnout, depression and suicide among physicians. Over a third of residents experience significant depressive symptoms, according to studies published this year in both Academic Medicine and JAMA. Many more…
“The United States loses the equivalent of one small medical school or a large medical school class to suicide each year.”1 Fellow medical and pre-medical students, this is a call to action to stand together to help change the culture of education in our schools and that of our future workplace environments, to remove the…
