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Suicide has reached epidemic proportions in the US − yet medical students still don’t receive adequate training to treat suicidal patients

  • Written by Rodolfo Bonnin, Assistant Dean for Institutional Knowledge Management and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Florida International University
Suicide has reached epidemic proportions in the US − yet medical students still don’t receive adequate training to treat suicidal patientsEvery year, more than 12 million Americans have suicidal thoughts.Djavan Rodriguez/Moment via Getty Images

Suicide in the U.S. is a societal epidemic and a staggering public health crisis that demands attention from medical experts.

In 2021, someone in the U.S. died by suicide every 11 minutes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...

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