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We are not immune: Recognizing National Physician Suicide Awareness Day

By The DO Staff

09.07.23

In September 2021, legislators brought forward bills in the House and Senate to recognize Sept. 17 as “National Physician Suicide Awareness Day.” The bills were a bipartisan effort to highlight the importance of destigmatizing physicians who seek mental health care and recognize the ongoing, devastating number of physicians lost each year to suicide.