{"id":70673,"date":"2021-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/04\/23\/dont-suffer-in-silence\/"},"modified":"2021-04-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T05:00:00","slug":"dont-suffer-in-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/04\/23\/dont-suffer-in-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t suffer in silence"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the first in a series of content that will be shared in the coming weeks focusing on the mental health of health care workers.<\/i>
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Dear Physicians and APPs,
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Dr. Joseph Stothert tragically lost his life to suicide last month. When a clinician colleague dies by suicide, it can bring up many confusing and contradictory thoughts and feelings in survivors. It can trigger our own sense of vulnerability to depression, anxiety, and other common mental health concerns that ordinarily we may be able to suppress or deny, but now cannot ignore. That can be stressful for health care providers, who are used to healing others but not so familiar with accepting help from other professionals. However, it’s clear that asking for and receiving needed mental health care can be lifesaving and career saving.
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If you are feeling depressed, or anxious in the aftermath of a colleague’s suicide, know that there is help. Don’t suffer in silence. You have given hope and healing to many others; please be willing to accept help when you need it.
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Internal Resources<\/b>
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Peers in Need of Support (PINS) program (Nebraska Medicine and UNMC only)<\/p>\n