href="#ulink_20cccb6b-b88a-5fa5-9f1f-b4cbf0e4f55d">Protective factor: Good habits around maintaining patient confidentiality
Protective factor: Maintaining thorough record keeping
Protective factor: Maintaining clear communication
Protective factor: Planning training requirements
14 Chapter 7: Emergencies in mental health and wellbeing Professional emergency: Pandemics Professional emergency: Patient mental health Professional emergency: Whistleblowing Personal emergency: Personal crisis
15 Chapter 8: Mental health and wellbeing toolkit Reframing Weighing the evidence Softening black‐and‐white thinking Focusing on the benefits Journaling Reflecting Challenging thought processes Pausing Delegating Working as a team Noticing anticipatory stress Accepting ‘good enough’ Replacing ‘should’ and ‘must’ Playing out ‘what if…?’ Connecting Mentoring and buddying‐up Being thankful Feeling a sensation Progressively relaxing our muscles Progressively mentally scanning our body Deep breathing Focusing on a physical sensation Moving Drinking de‐caffeinated drinks after 3pm Removing blue light after 8pm Prioritising sleep Starting and keeping to a regular sleep schedule Drinking enough water Eating well Sitting less Going outside Talking
16 References Introduction Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7
17 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 3Table 3.1 The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ‐2).
List of Illustrations
1 IntroductionFigure 0.1 Duties of a doctor registered with the GMC.Figure 0.2 Balancing problem and protective factors.
2 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 Around 7 in 10 of the general population across the globe with a ...Figure 1.2 The biopsychosocial model indicates the interconnectedness betwee...Figure 1.3 Stress response chemical cascade.Figure 1.4 The stress response can impact on many different body systems....
3 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Around 8 in 10 respondents were at high or very high risk of burn...Figure 2.2 Possible links between stress and infection rates.Figure 2.3 High levels of burnout in clinicians has been supported by resear...Figure 2.4 Compassion fatigue as conceptually linked to stress, burnout, and...
4 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 A virtuous cycle indicating how improving mental health can impro...
5 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 A framework for considering key areas of organisation resilience.Figure 4.2 Almost 10% (9%) of the respondents stated that they had not been ...Figure 4.3 Almost 20% (19%) of respondents stated that they would not ask fo...Figure 4.4 Our stress at work can be linked to the balance between the resou...
6 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 The stages of competence when learning a new skill.Figure 5.2 The division of self‐care into groups to facilitate improvement....Figure 5.3 Key areas of life, and our satisfaction in them, can be represent...Figure 5.4 Reflecting on these key areas can indicate where we can make impr...Figure 5.5 Never events.Figure 5.6 According to CBT, our thoughts, feelings and behaviours are all i...Figure 5.7 Our feelings can be divided into physical and emotional
