Washington, Sept. 14 -- Congresswoman Haley Stevens issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens, alongside Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), announced a bipartisan resolution to recognize September 17th as National Physician Suicide Awareness Day and recognize the intense pressure and trauma physicians face in the workplace. The resolution enhances national awareness of the mental health crisis facing American physicians and honors the memory of the physicians we have lost to suicide. It also urges the establishment of national awareness and educational activities.
America's physicians work under intense pressure and are regularly exposed to trauma on the job. Roughly 6 in 10 experience increase...