Health Promoting Workplaces

From the site: "We care about your experience of your everyday working life in critical care. We know that sustaining the wellbeing of our staff means that we can provide a better service for our patients, and we make safer decisions and fewer mistakes. We know that this is not just about how you as an individual manage the stress of your job; it is about how your job is designed (including how valued you feel at work, your autonomy and sense of control), the way your unit is managed and your team is led, and the support from your peers. This wellbeing hub therefore examines wellbeing from all angles - individual, team, and system." Downloads, links to resources, and more.

BMJ Editorial, September 21, 2021

NEJM May 2020

Letters, dispatches and personal insights from physicians and others at the point of care during COVID-19 in Canada.

"You are valued and you are not alone." A list of resources for Canadian physicians housed on CPMA.

EM Ottawa is a blog dedicated to providing educational materials to healthcare professionals involved in Emergency Medicine.

Topics include recognizing and preventing burnout during COVID-19; a "peer and an ear", how healthcare workers can support each other and more.

A series of videos on a range of COVID-19 mental health related topics from the Conference Board of Canada.

Includes links on talking to anxious children and teenagers.

Toll-free 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
The Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre provides confidential, non-judgmental, free emotional support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including thoughts of suicide.

Toll-free 1-800-588-8717
Provides 24/7 culturally-aware crisis support to Indigenous Peoples in BC.

The BC Provincial webpage with links to resources.

BounceBack® is a free skill-building program designed to help adults and youth 15+ manage low mood, mild to moderate depression, anxiety, stress or worry.

Information sheet by Canadian Mental Heath Association, BC Division.

This short item from an expert on grief, David Kessler, discusses ways in which leaders can recognize the variations of grief associated with COVID-19 and help their team members find meaning.

The Lancet, March 14, 2020

April 2020 (Ahead of print) Psychiatric Res. Full text.

Ancient Greek Tragedy & coping with COVID-19: "To combat the individual and collective suffering and loss of social cohesion that takes place in a pandemic, ancient Greek tragedy can offer a tool for communalisation and reflection, reducing stigma and opening up pathways to work through such difficult experiences."