EM Physician Organizations Form Mental Health Collaborative, Issue Joint Statement and Call to Action Regarding Mental Health Care Stigma in EM
Each year in the U.S., roughly 300 to 400 physicians die by suicide1 — approximately double the suicide rate in the general population.2 More than half of physicians know of a physician who has either considered, attempted, or died by suicide and 20 percent know of a physician who has either considered, attempted, or died by suicide since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.3
Moreover, when it comes to COVID-19 impacts, particularly on the mental health of EM physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic, nine in ten EM physicians say they are more stressed since the start of the pandemic: 72 percent report experiencing more professional burnout and more than half report inappropriate feelings of anger, tearfulness or anxiety.4
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