Share Suicide Prevention Resources

• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline  provides immediate, free 24/7 crisis support via phone (988), text (988), or online chat for anyone experiencing emotional distress or suicidal thoughts. 

• Physician Support Line is a national, free, and confidential support line made up of 600+ volunteer psychiatrists to provide peer support for physician colleagues and American medical students. Call 1-888-409-0141. It’s open Monday to Friday, 8 am to 11 pm ET, except federal holidays. 

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine offers free mental health support, Monday through Friday from 10 am to 10 pm ET. Call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), text “NAMI” to 62640 or email helpline@nami.org.

• Start Your Recovery provides resources for people in crisis who may be struggling with substance use. 

• The Battle Within provides free therapy services for health workers experiencing crisis, grief, anxiety, stress, or trauma. 

• The Emotional PPE Project connects health workers with licensed mental health professionals for free therapy services, no insurance required. 

• Don’t Clock Out offers free weekly support groups for healthcare professionals using Zoom and with anonymous options. 

• Therapy Aid Coalition provides free therapy for physicians, health care professionals and first responders, including individual and group support. 

• PeerRxMed is a free peer-to-peer program for physicians and other health care professionals that offers support, connection, encouragement, resources and skill building for optimal well-being. 

• Each state also has its own Physician Health Program. To find your state’s, visit Federation of State Physician Health Programs. 

On Demand 

• American Medical Association (AMA) Steps Forward: Preventing Physician Suicide is a learning module from the AMA which includes a toolkit and quiz about identifying risk factors and warning signs for suicide, applying standardized processes for physicians seeking support and creating an environment of support and wellness within an organization. It offers 0.5 CME credits. 
• American Medical Association (AMA) Steps Forward: Recognize and Respond Early to Stress Injuries is a learning module from the AMA which includes toolkits and a quiz about how to recognize stress injuries in health care professionals, how to administer Stress First Aid at the individual level and how to use Stress First Aid as a method of peer support at the organizational level. It offers 0.5 CME credits. 
• American Hospital Association Suicide Prevention in the Health Care Workforce Guide offers resources that make it easier for hospitals and health systems to discover proven strategies and deploy best practices that improve the mental health and wellbeing of their staff, including three main drivers of suicide in the health care workforce. 
• Oath to Self-Care and Well-Being, created on behalf of the Collaborative for Healing and Renewal in Medicine (CHARM), is taken at key formal gatherings for physicians, medical students and residents.

Membership Programs for Workforce Wellbeing

• American Medical Association Joy in Medicine is a recognition program for health systems designed to spark and guide organizations interested, committed or already engaged in improving physician satisfaction and reducing burnout. 
• Interactive Screening Program is an online intervention program from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention that medical schools, hospitals and health systems can sign up to implement as part of their ongoing mental health promotion and suicide prevention efforts. 
• Schwartz Rounds offers healthcare professionals a regularly scheduled time during their fast-paced work lives to openly and honestly discuss the social and emotional issues they face in caring for patients and families. 
• Stress First Aid provides a framework for psychological peer support, with a set of supportive actions designed to promote self-care and coworker support with the aim of mitigating the negative impacts of stress at work before they impair staff health and well-being. 
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Resources provides resources and programs for immediate and ongoing support for healthcare professionals including resources for support after a suicide loss. 
• NAMI Healthcare Professional Resources has a curated collection of free mental health resources, coping tools, and support services specifically for healthcare professionals. 
• Impact Wellbeing™ Guide from NIOSH and the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation provides an actionable, step-by-step guide to drive system-level changes to enhance healthcare worker mental health and wellbeing and strengthen trust between leadership and staff. 
• RISE Peer Support is a program to guide hospitals to set up peer-responder programs that deliver psychological first aid and emotional support to healthcare professionals following difficult events. The program prepares employees to provide skilled, nonjudgmental, and confidential support to individuals and groups. 

Printed Materials 

• People Matter, Words Matter provides guidance on using destigmatizing language about suicide.