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I.M. Emotional Support Hub
It’s common right now to feel overwhelmed, stressed, or depressed.
Join a live, multimedia presentation, FIVE DAYS TO FRIDAY, on August 21. Free to ACP members, this interactive play examines current challenges to physicians’ mental health and strategies for improving well-being. Learn More.
Taking care of ourselves and encouraging others to practice self-care sustains our ability to care for those in need.
Protect your health and well-being by connecting with easily-accessible peer support through the Physician Support Line, and affordable, confidential counseling is available through The Emotional PPE Project and The Therapy Aid Coalition.
If you or someone you know is in crisis, help is available 24/7. Text 741741 or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255) or Disaster Distress Hotline (1-800-985-5990).
Peer Support
- Call the Physician Support Line (1-888-409-0141) for free and confidential just-in-time peer support. Visit their resource page for tips to maintain and enhance your well-being.
- Partner with an accountability buddy. Establish formal peer support and use quick check-ins (face-to-face, telephone, text, or e-mail) to provide encouragement and reminders.
Counseling
Protect your mental health and well-being by connecting with affordable, confidential counseling for health care workers through:
Additional Support Resources
For Individuals
ACP Webinars with CME
- Mini but Mighty Skills for Well-being – Self-care
- Professional Health and Wellness Mini-Portfolio: This portfolio features four 10-minute micro skills that promote self-care and professional health and wellness.
- Positive Psychology in Times of Crisis
- Summarized Resources
American Psychological Association (APA) 5 Science-based Tips for Managing Your Stress (posters and videos)
Duke Health Well-being Tools
This list of tools is evidence-based, interactive, and specifically designed for busy healthcare workers. Interventions are 2-20 mins. each and can be completed between 3-15 days. Participants will receive prompts for the tools via email or text message.
Center for Study of Traumatic Stress Resources
- Fact Sheet: Sustaining the Well-Being of Healthcare Personnel during Coronavirus and other Infectious Disease Outbreaks
- Fact Sheet: Notifying Families after a COVID-19 Death
- Fact Sheet: Fight COVID-19 with Better Sleep Health: A Guide for Hospital Workers
Self-compassion Resources
Free and Confidential Mental Health Guardian Mobile Application
- Heroes Health is a free and confidential mental health mobile application that empowers healthcare workers to safeguard their mental health through consistent check-ins.
Connect Through the Arts
- Twitter #DocsWhoRock
- Expressions of Clinician Well-being Online Art Exhibit
For Organizations and Leadership
ACP Webinars with CME
Peer Support
- Peer Support for Clinicians: A Programmatic Approach (has full scope, limitations, and process)
- Executive Summary from Minnesota Resilience Action Plan (MinnRAP)
- Peer-support OSHU video (dramatization)
American Psychiatric Association Resource
- Guidance Document: Actions and Activities that a Healthcare Organization Can Take to Support Its Physician Workforce Well-Being During COVID-19 and Beyond
- Employer Resources: E-learning and concise downloadable guides to help organizations support employee mental health and well-being.
Center for Study of Traumatic Stress Resources
- Fact Sheet: Managing the Stress of Returning to Work after COVID-19: A Guide for Supervisors
- Fact Sheet: Supporting Healthcare Professionals in Times of Disaster: Reflections on “At-Risk Employees”
- Fact Sheet: Grief Leadership During COVID-19
American Federation for Suicide Prevention Resource
Mental Health Guardian Mobile Application
- Heroes Health is a free and confidential mental health mobile application that empowers healthcare organizations to safeguard their healthcare workers’ mental health through consistent check-ins.