Blog: We must do more to end physician suicides, says Dr. Lorna Breen’s family
Ahead of National Physician Suicide Awareness Day, on Sept. 17, read how health care workers, even before the COVID-19 pandemic, faced elevated rates of burnout, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide, in this blog by J. Corey Feist, co-founder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation. Feist, Dr. Breen’s brother-in-law, discusses this terrifying reality and shares several resources to support the mental well-being of health care workers.
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