Suicide Prevention
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., introduced a bicameral resolution designating Sept. 17 as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day.
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…
Learn about the alarming rates of physician suicide and what we can do to end it. Read the story of Dr. Lorna Breen's family and their mission to support healthcare workers.
Download the Suicide Prevention Month Ideas for Action PDF.
September Alliance Exclusive Preventing Physician Suicide infographic. Physicians are at risk. The rate of suicide among doctors is roughly twice that of the general population, and one of the highest among any profession.
National Suicide Prevention Week and National Suicide Prevention Month provide an important opportunity to educate the public about suicide prevention and make difference for those impacted by suicide. This toolkit provides an overview of how you can help amplify the message of AFSP’s campaign for…
In a letter to Representative Lauren Underwood, the AHA expresses support for the Child Suicide Prevention and Lethal Means Safety Act.
Nationwide Children’s launched a national movement On Our Sleeves to break stigmas around children’s mental health in 2018, and in March 2020 opened Big Lots Behavioral health pavilion.
A study comparing suspected emergency department visits for adolescent suicide attempts between February and March of this year to the same period in 2019 showed an increase of 50.6% among girls aged 12-17 years and 3.7% for boys in the same age range, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the Surgeon General released a federal call-to-action for efforts to reduce suicide rates, improve resilience and broaden the perceptions of suicide.