Mental Health Resources & Physician Wellness
COVID-19 Resources
The following resources for patients and providers include recommendations by Powell River's Dr. Saby Ramirez.
- Recognizing and Preventing Burnout During a Pandemic
- Review: Psychological Effects of Quarantine
- Editorial: COVID-19 and Moral Injury
- Dr. Russ Harris, FACE COVID
- Online Therapy: Anxiety and COVID-19
- WHO's Mental Health & Psychosocial Considerations
- COVID-19 Webinar by New Zealand Red Cross: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Peer Support:
- BCMJ's virtual peer-support group
Psychological First Aid:
- Introduction Sheet
- World Health Organization's PFA Guide for Field Workers
- COVID-19 Webinar by New Zealand Red Cross: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Pamphlets from Disaster Psychosocial Services Program, Provincial Health Services Authority:
- Helping Children Cope
- Helping Teens Cope
- Taking Care of Ourselves, Our Families & Our Communities
- Self-Care for Caregivers
Apps:
- Headspace Meditation - free 10-day trial, then monthly or yearly subscription
- Mindfulness Coach - free
- Powell River Practice Provider Resilience Renewal Group in WhatsApp -- by request
Physician Wellness
Physician burnout is a major issue that affects a vast number of family physicians. Below is a curated collection of wellness resources, including websites, books, podcasts and apps; used with appreciation to the Vancouver Division and Dr. Daniel Dodek.
Websites/Blogs:
- Physician Health Program
- UBC Resident Wellness Resource
- Overcoming Perfectionism
- WellMD/Stanford University
- Center for Mindfulness
- CMA Physician Health and Wellness
- CMPA Wellness
- Wellness with Dr. Dan, Vancouver Division
Practical Tools/Handouts:
- Abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory
- 5 Ways To Say No
- Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time (Harvard Business Review)
- Healthy Mind Platter - free account needed to view
- The Happy MD
Podcasts:
- The Doctor Paradox (renamed Dr. Paddy Barrett Podcast in 2021: relevant episodes from 2015-2016)
- Behind the Stethoscope
- Empowering Women Physicians
- The Brave Enough Show
Apps:
- Mindshift - free
- Ten Percent Happier - free seven-day trial, then yearly subscription
- Headspace - free 10-day trial, then monthly or yearly subscription
Books:
- The Wellbeing of Medical Relationships, by Dr. Sara Taylor
- Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness and Humanity, by Dr. Ronald Epstein
- Resilient, by Dr. Rick Hanson
