Nurse Suicides: Getting Help Before it’s Too Late

Last week, MedPage Today began a series on suicides among nurses, investigating the reasons, reactions from colleagues, and what can be done to prevent them. In our first installment, we shared the story of an emergency room nurse who took her life this past November and shared experts' views regarding some of the risk factors for suicide.

In this second installment, we examine a program designed in response to a series of clinician suicides at the University of California San Diego (UCSD).

Nearly every year from 2000 to 2008, a physician, resident, or medical student died by suicide at UCSD.