Our doctors are experiencing an alarming mental health crisis. Approximately one physician dies by suicide each day in the United States — a rate twice that of the general public and a loss that means a million patients lose their doctor to suicide each year.A question about mental health on licensure applications must be amended to promote a healthier medical community. Opinion: Doctors Are Facing a Mental Health Crisis. We Must Make it Easier for Them to Get Help was first posted on July 8, 2024 at 3:05 pm.©2021 "California Health Report". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at claudia@calhealthreport.org