Psychological Trauma, Coping, and Resilience
Resources for Hospital Workers, Families, & Patients
Members of the APA COVID-19 Interdivisional Taskforce workgroup for Hospital Workers, Families, & Patients are gathering resources and collecting materials to aid front-line hospital workers as well as hospital workers who tend to be overlooked and underserved such as janitors, food preparers, and support staff. They are also gathering resources to help hospital leaders understand and address the emotional needs of hospital workers and to educate medical personnel on providing emotional support to patients and their families who are frightened.
This group, which includes a number of international members, also hopes to provide culturally specific resources for the many health-care staff and vulnerable patient populations whose first language is not English.
These resources collated by the workgroup members are hosted on this website with the permission of all participating members of the Hospital Workers, Families, & Patients WG
Books
 | The Moral Injury Workbook: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Skills for Moving Beyond Shame, Anger, and Trauma to Reclaim Your Values The Moral Injury Workbook was developed to facilitate healing for people who have experienced a variety of moral violations and addresses a wide range of moral emotions—from guilt and shame to contempt and anger. It offers a step-by-step program to help readers move beyond their moral pain, reconnect with a fuller sense of self, and re-engage with deeply held values |
Families
 | Guidelines on Psychosocial Care for Infectious Disease Management The Korean Society for Traumatic Stress Studies has compiled and published the Guidelines on Psychosocial Care for Infectious Disease Management which covers 28 topics and areas that may be of importance to people who are facing difficulties in the combat with the rapidly spreading epidemic and professionals supporting them with on-site consultations. These guidelines are available in English and Korean |
Hospital & Healthcare Workers
| COVID-19 Is Making Moral Injury to Physicians Much Worse The article provides essential principles for mitigating the impact of moral injury in the context of COVID-19 |  | COVID-19 Self care Resources for Healthcare Professionals Scientifically backed resources developed by the APA to help increase health care professionals’ ability to cope in the now and get through the challenges they are facing daily during the COVID-19 pandemic | |
 | Dr. Ngozi Ezike’s emotional moment shows health care workers feel COVID-19 fatigue too. ‘We feel trapped in many ways.’ Article on healthcare workers and pandemic fatigue | Finding your inner sanctuary: Supporting frontline workers during COVID-19 Around the world, millions of caregivers and frontline workers are risking their personal health to support the mental and physical well-being of others. Given the challenging and sometimes overwhelming demands of their work, we must ask, who looks out for their mental and physical health? Join the discussion with Karen Stewart, humanitarian aid mental health specialist at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Sharon Salzberg, world-renowned mindfulness teacher and creator of the Contemplative Based Resilience Project at the Garrison Institute. Together, Karen and Sharon will share different mental health strategies and practices that can help you find your inner resilience and support the essential workers in your life. | |
 | Grief resources for Professionals – Australian Center for Grief and Bereavement | | Guidelines on Psychosocial Care for Infectious Disease Management The Korean Society for Traumatic Stress Studies has compiled and published the Guidelines on Psychosocial Care for Infectious Disease Management which covers 28 topics and areas that may be of importance to people who are facing difficulties in the combat with the rapidly spreading epidemic and professionals supporting them with on-site consultations. These guidelines are available in English and Korean |
 | How Face Masks May Be Hurting Doctors’ Bedside Manner This article addresses the potential impact of mask-wearing on the relationship and communication between Patient and Healthcare Worker. While stressing the absolute necessity of mask-wearing, this article offers potentially helpful interventions to ameliorate the negative impact of mask-wearing on the Patient-Healthcare Worker relationship and on their communication with one another, (which, in turn, can potentially help attenuate the risk of the Healthcare Worker experiencing Moral Distress) |  | How to Navigate the Stress and Trauma of a Global Pandemic: A Model for Healthcare Professionals on the Front Lines Factors to consider when navigating the traumatic stress of a global pandemic in an acute, fast-paced, healthcare department: |
 | Medical Leaders Launch Grassroots Doctors’ Alliance This article discusses the formation of a Physician's advocacy organization, "Osler's Alliance", created to help "reverse the erosion of the Physician-Patient relationship" which has been exacerbated by the current COVID-19 Pandemic |  | Mental Health Resources from ARDMS Mental health podcasts, webinars, and other resources to help you navigate the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Moral Injury COVID 19 Toolkit: Solutions for Individuals This brief toolkit provides individuals with tips that they can use to optimize their ability to cope with the situation | Moral Injury COVID 19 Toolkit: Solutions for Organizations This brief toolkit emphasizes the need for organizations and leadership to reestablish the societal contract and human commitment between institutions, their employees, and their communities. You will find quick tips on how to take care of your staff and communities | ||
 | Moral Injury of Healthcare Great web resources for physicians facing moral injury | Moral Injury of Healthcare Workers related to COVID-19 This article offers a very thoughtful discussion of Moral Injury, as experienced by Healthcare Workers, within the context of pervasive and severe challenges posed by current healthcare delivery systems and various government policies, during the current COVID-19 Pandemic . This article also highlights the vital role Social Workers can play in offering support to those experiencing Moral Injury, as well as in trying to address systemic factors contributing to the risk of Moral Injury. | |
 | Preventing a Parallel Pandemic — A National Strategy to Protect Clinicians’ Well-Being Protecting Physician well-being |  | Reframing Clinician Distress: Moral Injury Not Burnout Article on difference between moral injury vs burnout |
 | Taking Care of the Compassionate Care Team: Conversations about Moral Resilience and Moral Distress Presentation slides from a webinar that discussed moral resilience and ways to recognize and respond to moral distress as members of primary care teams | Toward a Mechanism for Secondary Trauma Induction and Reduction: Reimagining a Theory of Secondary Traumatic Stress The article talks about the mechanism of Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue |
Burnout
| Dr. Ngozi Ezike’s emotional moment shows health care workers feel COVID-19 fatigue too. ‘We feel trapped in many ways.’ Article on healthcare workers and pandemic fatigue | Finding your inner sanctuary: Supporting frontline workers during COVID-19 Around the world, millions of caregivers and frontline workers are risking their personal health to support the mental and physical well-being of others. Given the challenging and sometimes overwhelming demands of their work, we must ask, who looks out for their mental and physical health? Join the discussion with Karen Stewart, humanitarian aid mental health specialist at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Sharon Salzberg, world-renowned mindfulness teacher and creator of the Contemplative Based Resilience Project at the Garrison Institute. Together, Karen and Sharon will share different mental health strategies and practices that can help you find your inner resilience and support the essential workers in your life. | |
| Mental Health Resources from ARDMS Mental health podcasts, webinars, and other resources to help you navigate the COVID-19 pandemic | Toward a Mechanism for Secondary Trauma Induction and Reduction: Reimagining a Theory of Secondary Traumatic Stress The article talks about the mechanism of Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue |
Moral Injury
| COVID-19 Is Making Moral Injury to Physicians Much Worse The article provides essential principles for mitigating the impact of moral injury in the context of COVID-19 | | How Face Masks May Be Hurting Doctors’ Bedside Manner This article addresses the potential impact of mask-wearing on the relationship and communication between Patient and Healthcare Worker. While stressing the absolute necessity of mask-wearing, this article offers potentially helpful interventions to ameliorate the negative impact of mask-wearing on the Patient-Healthcare Worker relationship and on their communication with one another, (which, in turn, can potentially help attenuate the risk of the Healthcare Worker experiencing Moral Distress) | |
| Mental Health Resources from ARDMS Mental health podcasts, webinars, and other resources to help you navigate the COVID-19 pandemic | Moral Injury COVID 19 Toolkit: Solutions for Individuals This brief toolkit provides individuals with tips that they can use to optimize their ability to cope with the situation | |
| Moral Injury COVID 19 Toolkit: Solutions for Organizations This brief toolkit emphasizes the need for organizations and leadership to reestablish the societal contract and human commitment between institutions, their employees, and their communities. You will find quick tips on how to take care of your staff and communities | | Moral Injury of Healthcare Great web resources for physicians facing moral injury | |
| Moral Injury of Healthcare Workers related to COVID-19 This article offers a very thoughtful discussion of Moral Injury, as experienced by Healthcare Workers, within the context of pervasive and severe challenges posed by current healthcare delivery systems and various government policies, during the current COVID-19 Pandemic . This article also highlights the vital role Social Workers can play in offering support to those experiencing Moral Injury, as well as in trying to address systemic factors contributing to the risk of Moral Injury. | | Reframing Clinician Distress: Moral Injury Not Burnout Article on difference between moral injury vs burnout | |
| Taking Care of the Compassionate Care Team: Conversations about Moral Resilience and Moral Distress Presentation slides from a webinar that discussed moral resilience and ways to recognize and respond to moral distress as members of primary care teams |
Stress and Trauma
| COVID-19 Self care Resources for Healthcare Professionals Scientifically backed resources developed by the APA to help increase health care professionals’ ability to cope in the now and get through the challenges they are facing daily during the COVID-19 pandemic | Finding your inner sanctuary: Supporting frontline workers during COVID-19 Around the world, millions of caregivers and frontline workers are risking their personal health to support the mental and physical well-being of others. Given the challenging and sometimes overwhelming demands of their work, we must ask, who looks out for their mental and physical health? Join the discussion with Karen Stewart, humanitarian aid mental health specialist at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Sharon Salzberg, world-renowned mindfulness teacher and creator of the Contemplative Based Resilience Project at the Garrison Institute. Together, Karen and Sharon will share different mental health strategies and practices that can help you find your inner resilience and support the essential workers in your life. | |
| Guidelines on Psychosocial Care for Infectious Disease Management The Korean Society for Traumatic Stress Studies has compiled and published the Guidelines on Psychosocial Care for Infectious Disease Management which covers 28 topics and areas that may be of importance to people who are facing difficulties in the combat with the rapidly spreading epidemic and professionals supporting them with on-site consultations. These guidelines are available in English and Korean | | How to Navigate the Stress and Trauma of a Global Pandemic: A Model for Healthcare Professionals on the Front Lines Factors to consider when navigating the traumatic stress of a global pandemic in an acute, fast-paced, healthcare department: |
| Toward a Mechanism for Secondary Trauma Induction and Reduction: Reimagining a Theory of Secondary Traumatic Stress The article talks about the mechanism of Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue |
Well-being
| COVID-19 Self care Resources for Healthcare Professionals Scientifically backed resources developed by the APA to help increase health care professionals’ ability to cope in the now and get through the challenges they are facing daily during the COVID-19 pandemic | Finding your inner sanctuary: Supporting frontline workers during COVID-19 Around the world, millions of caregivers and frontline workers are risking their personal health to support the mental and physical well-being of others. Given the challenging and sometimes overwhelming demands of their work, we must ask, who looks out for their mental and physical health? Join the discussion with Karen Stewart, humanitarian aid mental health specialist at Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Sharon Salzberg, world-renowned mindfulness teacher and creator of the Contemplative Based Resilience Project at the Garrison Institute. Together, Karen and Sharon will share different mental health strategies and practices that can help you find your inner resilience and support the essential workers in your life. | |
| How to Navigate the Stress and Trauma of a Global Pandemic: A Model for Healthcare Professionals on the Front Lines Factors to consider when navigating the traumatic stress of a global pandemic in an acute, fast-paced, healthcare department: | | Mental Health Resources from ARDMS Mental health podcasts, webinars, and other resources to help you navigate the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Taking Care of the Compassionate Care Team: Conversations about Moral Resilience and Moral Distress Presentation slides from a webinar that discussed moral resilience and ways to recognize and respond to moral distress as members of primary care teams |
Workplace Safety
| Taking Care of the Compassionate Care Team: Conversations about Moral Resilience and Moral Distress Presentation slides from a webinar that discussed moral resilience and ways to recognize and respond to moral distress as members of primary care teams |
Patients
| Guidelines on Psychosocial Care for Infectious Disease Management The Korean Society for Traumatic Stress Studies has compiled and published the Guidelines on Psychosocial Care for Infectious Disease Management which covers 28 topics and areas that may be of importance to people who are facing difficulties in the combat with the rapidly spreading epidemic and professionals supporting them with on-site consultations. These guidelines are available in English and Korean |