KevinMD December 30, 2024
Suicide is the act of an individual ending their life. It is generally caused by the convergence of multiple factors, the most significant of which is untreated or end-stage psychiatric illness. As a practicing psychiatrist who has been involved in the Pennsylvania Physicians Health Program for more than a decade, I believe we need to do better to stem the increasing numbers of physician suicides. A better understanding of and effort to dispel the stigma associated with psychiatric illness can go a long way toward this goal.
In 2023, more than 50,000 individuals were lost to suicide in the United States. An estimated 1.7 million people attempted suicide in the same year, and according to the Centers for Disease Control...
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