AMDA Behavioral Health & Mental Health Advisory Council
Healing Together Resources
This resource list is intended to provide a variety of articles, tools, research papers, websites, and blogs on topics that support wellbeing. Categories include Provider Self-Care, Health Care Worker Stress/Issues, Trauma, Grieving/Mourning, Hotlines for National Centers, and Free Mobile Apps.
Articles/Videos
Video featuring Paige Hector, LMSW, MSW
Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff https://self-compassion.org/
"How Being More Productive Starts with Doing Nothing" https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-doing-nothing-can-make-you-more-productive-11615911969
Why Doing Nothing is So Scary and So Important" https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-258B-7091
Resource Center
Helping create a more compassionate society - Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/
Articles
Moral Injury in Health Care and COVID-19, by Scott Janssen https://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/exc_040620.shtml
A leader’s guide: Communicating with teams, stakeholders, and communities during COVID-19 https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/a-leaders-guide-communicating-with-teams-stakeholders-and-communities-during-covid-19. -
Understanding and Addressing Sources of Anxiety Among Health Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764380
Stresses and anxieties in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic — what we can learn https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00247-020-04727-9
The Trouble with Calling Health care Workers Heroes by Anna Wexler https:/www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/10/opinion/trouble-with-calling-health-care-workers-heroes
Nurses and Doctors Sick With COVID Feel Pressured to Get Back to Work https://khn.org/news/nurses-and-doctors-sick-with-covid-feel-pressured-to-get-back-to-work/
Wellness Centered Leadership https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8078125/
Understanding and Addressing Sources of Anxiety Among Health Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic Understanding and Addressing Sources of Anxiety Among Health Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Anxiety Disorders | JAMA | JAMA Network
Blogs
Are Your Nurses Experiencing Moral Injury? https://www.relias.com/blog/are-your-nurses-experiencing-moral-injury
The BE-ing with Suffering blog series by Rev. Dr. Carla Cheatham http://carlacheatham.com/carlas-blog/
Study
Kaiser Family Foundation & The Washington Post Frontline Health Care Workers Study https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/poll-finding/kff-washington-post-health-care-workers/
Resources and Toolkit
Stress First Aid Toolkit https://www.ithaca.edu/gerontology-institute/finger-lakes-geriatric-education-center/stress-first-aid
Resources to Support Trauma Informed Care for Persons in Post-Acute and Long Term Care Settings - https://greatplainsqin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Trauma_Informed_Care_Resources_FNL_508.pdf
SAMHSA’s Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach https://store.samhsa.gov/system/files/sma14-4884.pdf
Articles
Emotional and Psychological Trauma https://www.helpguide.org/articles/ptsd-trauma/coping-with-emotional-and-psychological-trauma.htm
Pandemic-Driven Posttraumatic Growth for Organizations and Individuals https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2771807
What is Survivor’s Guilt? https://www.verywellmind.com/survivors-guilt-4688743
National Domestic Violence Hotline : 800.799.SAFE (7233) - https://www.thehotline.org/
National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: https://www.samhsa.gov/
Women’s Center and Shelter RUSafe App: https://www.wcspittsburgh.org/rusafe-app/
Safety Decision-making App – myPlan - https://www.myplanapp.org/