Michael Myers, MD
Michael Myers, MD
October 16, 2019
BLOG: September 17, 2019 was the second annual National Physician Suicide Awareness Day, a day to commemorate colleagues lost to suicide and raise awareness about the issue.
Michael Myers, MD
August 06, 2019
BLOG: I recently had a chance to speak to State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate’s incoming residents and fellows about well-being and self-care.
Michael Myers, MD
June 10, 2019
BLOG: This is a dispatch from Down Under. I’ve been here lecturing for the past couple of weeks on physician health and suicide prevention. On May 31, I was a panelist on the 2019 launch of the…
Michael Myers, MD
April 11, 2019
BLOG: I got an invitation a few months ago to give a Grand Rounds at a medical school that had suffered the loss of a resident to suicide. But before accepting, I was told there was a catch.
Michael Myers, MD
February 19, 2019
BLOG: After my plenary lecture at the International Practitioner Health Summit “The Wounded Healer” in London last October, I was invited to sit in on a bereavement group which was meeting at the…
Michael Myers, MD
December 06, 2018
BLOG: This piece is a departure from my usual missives on physician health and suicide. I want to share an experience I’m sure many readers have had, perhaps in a different form
Michael Myers, MD
October 04, 2018
BLOG: September 17, 2018 was designated as the first National Physician Suicide Awareness Day in this country. All of us in the mental health community can be grateful for the pioneering and hard…
Michael Myers, MD
August 09, 2018
BLOG: Over the last few weeks, despite so much turmoil and unsettling polarization in our country and around the world, I’ve been struck by the number of times the word “kindness” has brightened my…
Michael Myers, MD
June 20, 2018
BLOG: Four women who have been bereaved by the loss of a physician loved one to suicide shared their stories at a recent workshop. They were gripping, heartfelt, moving and evocative.
Michael Myers, MD
April 04, 2018
BLOG: My husband and I have just returned from a gay cruise in the Caribbean. I want to share some observations with readers of this blog, especially those who treat gay physicians.