Mental Health Care is part of the Care Worker Handbooks series, which provides practical, easy-to-understand topic knowledge, assessment support and advice for a range of qualifications. Core topics are linked to the specific competencies and knowledge is related to the many different settings and ...
Health care workers are under more stress than ever before. How can they protect their mental health while handling new and complex pressures? TED Fellow Laurel Braitman shows how writing and sharing personal stories helps physicians, nurses, medical students and other health professionals connect...
NEW YORK, June 1 (Xinhua) -- The healthcare workers in the United States are facing a mental health crisis, the USA Today reported Tuesday. Last week, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory regarding the burnout and resignation crisis in the healthcare community, underlining th...
Health care professionals are the U.S. health care system. They’re at the heart of every life saved and every patient cared for, in return facing challenges and strain unimaginable to most of us. Yet, despite alarming levels of burnout and untreated mental health conditions exacerbated by the...
Mar 10th 2025 This course will help institutions and individuals better manage the mental health challenges of being a healthcare worker. Healthcare providers such as the University Health Network (UHN) address the mental health needs of their staff through several initiatives intended to help build...
healthcare worker how they are feeling, and validating those emotions. Ask direct questions about what they're experiencing, but respect their boundaries if they don't want to share information. Dr. Marshall says it's helpful if others point out the healthcare worker's points of resiliency, ...
As the pandemic wanes in the months ahead, these symptoms will subside for some frontline workers but persist for others. Mental health professionals will play a vital role in addressing the moderate and severe symptoms in frontline health care workers who experience depression, anxiety, and psycholo...
Frontline healthcare workers have experienced detrimental mental health impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic including anxiety, emotional distress, stress, fatigue, and burnout. But little is known about how these healthcare professionals take care of their own mental health in the midst of considerabl...
Federal health officials have outlined a five-part plan to improve and protect the mental health and well-being of America's healthcare workers (HCWs) and create sustainable change for the next generation of HCWs. "It's long past time for us to care for the people who care for all of ...
Kana Enomoto:Are there a few critical actions that you think would drastically improve mental-health outcomes on a global scale? Shekhar Saxena:We can expand care by making every healthcare worker a mental-health worker. This means training all healthcare professionals in the essentials of br...