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Rates of depression and suicide are strikingly high among doctors, and The National Academy of Medicine wants to help the profession talk about it. In June, it published "Breaking The Culture of Silence on Physician Suicide," an exploration of the 2013 suicide of a third-year medical student, Kaitlyn Elkins. And now, it has re-posted Dr. Elisabeth Poorman's recent CommonHealth piece — "I Felt Alone But I Wasn't: Depression Is Rampant Among Doctors In Training" — at the top of its website.It has also created the infographic below, to go with the piece. (Goldberg, 10/5)

Students in Wake County schools learn about suicide in seventh, ninth, and twelfth grades through a program called “Signs of Suicide” that discusses risk factors and warning signs. At the end of the training session, students take a screening assessment and have the opportunity to request an assessment from a nurse, counselor, psychologist, or social worker — a member of the team with specialized training. Any student who requests an assessment will receive one by the end of that school day. (Rhew, 10/5)

The staff of Clinica Sierra Vista, which has health centers throughout the Central Valley, screened its mostly low-income patients last year for mental health needs and determined that nearly 30 percent suffered from depression, anxiety or alcoholism. Christopher Reilly, Sierra Vista’s chief of behavioral health services, said he was concerned about the high percentage of patients afflicted, but even more so about the clinic’s ability to treat them. (Gorman, 10/6)

Teaching law enforcement officers to identify, understand, and defuse situations when people they are interacting with are having mental health crises is the goal of Georgia’s Crisis Intervention Team training... A significant part of the class is teaching law enforcement to recognize the various disorders, and the signs and symptoms of people experiencing them. (Campbell, 10/5)