Suicidal Thoughts

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline | 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

Crisis Chat Services

Free, confidential national online chat resource available from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. EST, seven days a week.

National Resources

• AMA Steps Forward Program on Preventing Physician Distress and Suicide
• The QPR program
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• afsp.org/our-work/education/healthcare-professional-burnout-depression-suicide-prevention/
• Provides information and resources for suicide prevention
• Regional Resources
• UC Health Library: Depression and suicidal thoughts
• Ohio Physicians Health Program
• Offers confidential resources for health and wellbeing, including counseling services

Publications

• Confronting depression and suicide in physicians: a consensus statement | JAMA. 2003 Jun 18;289(23):3161-6
• Suicidal ideation among American surgeons. | Arch Surg. 2011 Jan;146(1):54-62
• Taking their own lives -- the high rate of physician suicide | N Engl J Med. 2005 Jun 16;352(24):2473-6
• Suicide prevention strategies: a systematic review | JAMA. 2005 Oct 26;294(16):2064-74
• Personal consequences of malpractice lawsuits on American Surgeons. | J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Nov;213(5):657-67

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