MEC Practice Academy 11.19
|Videos|September 7, 2022

Introducing the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Christine Yu Moutier, MD, chief medical officer for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, explains the Foundation’s mission.

National Suicide Prevention Week is Sept. 4-10 and National Physician Suicide Awareness Day is Sept. 17, 2022. A number of organizations have joined to raise awareness and advocate for physicians. The Physicians Foundation, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation are three places to start learning more. If you are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.


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