By Robert Bondurant, RN, LCSW, and Nancy Morton, BS
[This article originally appeared in Missouri Medicine (2016;113:17)]
Often, it takes a tragedy for a discussion to open up about suicide by medical students and residents. People will wonder why a bright young medical student or physician decided to end his or her life, but it rarely translates into positive changes within the training environment.
However, changes are in the works.