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Although the practice of medicine can be immensely rewarding, it also can be extraordinarily stressful. Here's how we can help prevent clinician suicide.

/PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of September as National Suicide Prevention Month, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), the leading suicide...

Medscape recently sat down with three experts on the subject of physician suicide to discuss the latest in risk reduction initiatives and how they can help.

Alaska experiences some of the highest rates of suicide in the nation. According to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, the rates are 47.6 percent higher for Indigenous people compared with non-Indigenous people in 2019. And while many unknowns and factors complicate suicide prevention and awareness, support and new educational materials are increasingly available.

Research reveals that suicide prevention efforts that focus on getting people into mental health treatment increase the risk of suicide.

Guaranteed Rate partnered with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Project Healthy Minds and Wounded Warrior Project® for the mental health initiative.

/PRNewswire/ -- Guaranteed Rate, a leader in retail mortgage lending and digital financial services, raised more than $5 million in just 5 days to make a...

/PRNewswire/ -- Guaranteed Rate, a leader in retail mortgage lending and digital financial services, raised more than $5 million in just 5 days to make a...

Other research has explored sources of stress. For example, in interviews conducted for the Applied Cognitive Ergonomics Laboratory at Texas A&M University, “academic was the top anxiety,” says postdoctoral researcher Xiaomei Wang. One Student Voice survey respondent says the focus on mental health is all talk. “No one actively reaches out and makes sure students are doing OK, and no one takes action to address the root causes of the issues. No matter how anxious or depressed you are, tha...

States With the Highest Rates of Depression By Andrew Lisa, Stacker News On 12/13/20 at 11:00 AM EST Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Those who suffer from it are at much greater risk for things like metabolic and cardiovascular disease, and the global economy loses $1 trillion in lost productivity every year to anxiety and depression disorders alone. Substance abuse is more prevalent among people with depre...