The Doc, U R… Podcast aims to empower physicians (from medical school and beyond) and combat the stigmas surrounding their mental health and diminish physicians affected by limiting beliefs, working small, and burnout. We will start with the women doctors in our lives and provide conversations geared towards female physicians, but understand this is not just about female physicians.

The objective of the podcast is to de-stigmatize physician mental health. In addition, the goals are to humanize physicians, empower female physicians, and bring awareness to their healing needs. The theme this season is “Navigating Mental Health & Medicine: Defining Burnout, An Occupational Hazard.”  

This week, Dr. Kiki talks with Dr. Loice Swisher on how the medical culture fosters suicidal urges. An emergency medicine nocturnist at Mercy Philadelphia Hospital since 1997, Dr. Swisher is currently a clinical associate professor in the Drexel University Emergency Medicine Residency Program. After her daughter became disabled due to a tumor removal surgery in 1999, Dr. Swisher became dedicated to studying pediatric brain tumors and, later, towards combating the high occupational risk of suicide in the medical field due to her suicide history. She is the co-creator of National Physician Suicide Awareness Day and is a member of the American Association of Suicidology.

CONTENT WARNING: CANDID DISCUSSION OF SUICIDE 

In this episode:

• Seeking control in dark situations
• Suicide is an epidemic
• The creation of National Physician Suicide Awareness Day
• Learning to make connections with other people
• Planning for crisis

Listen as Dr. Swisher discusses the psychology behind suicide and how a connection with other people can help combat it.

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BIZ HIGHLIGHTS

• Startup Grind
• The DO
• Black Girl Ventures
• Wired Magazine 
• Medium

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CREDITS

Host: Dr. Kiki
Editor: Rebecca Liu 
Tunes: Noah Jacobs

DISCLAIMER 

If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or self-harm, or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs to talk, there are people who want to help:

Crisis Text Line: Text CRISIS to 741741 for free, confidential crisis counseling

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

The Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386