Staff mental health protection in time of pandemic
WEBINAROrganised by the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and Mental Health Europe (MHE)
Health and social services staff, human rights activists and staff working with vulnerable groups have been placed under exceptional stress by the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting their mental health and well-being.
The webinar explored self-help interventions and preventive measures for reducing psychological distress in crisis situations and how we can protect their mental health and well-being after this public health emergency
Event Presentations
MEDICOS DEL MUNDO
PENUMBRA
HUMAN RIGHTS 360
EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF NURSES
Programme Overview
1430 - 14:35 | Welcome and Introductions
Radost Zaharieva, Policy Coordinator for Health Inequalities, European Public Health Alliance and Marcin Rodzinka, Advocacy and Policy Officer, Mental Health Europe
14:35 - 14:42 | Ensuring NGO staff mental health protection for mitigating the impact of COVID19 on human rights
Panos Douros, Psychologist and Livelihoods Officer at Human Rights 360 (Greece)
14:42 - 14:50 | Effective solutions to staff mental health protection
Interventions beyond the health sector. Self-help interventions and preventive measures for reducing psychological distress in crisis situations Helena Manrique, Mental Health Coordinator, Doctors of the World (Spain)
14:50 - 15:00 | Sustainable health and safety policies for protecting social and mental health staff working with vulnerable groups. Practicing what we preach.
Stephen Finlayson, Head of Innovation and Improvement, Penumbra (UK)
15:00 - 15:07 | How can we protect mental health of frontline health professionals after the pandemic
The role and impact of the European health research programme. Paul De Raeve, General Secretary, European Federation of Nurses Associations
15:07 - 15:15 | The Psychological Burden on Healthcare Workers Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic. Protection and solutions
Professor Elie Azoulay, Professor of Medicine, Speciality Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care, European Society for Intensive Care Medicine
15:15 - 15:25| Questions & Discussion
15:25 - 15:30 | Conclusion & Closing Remarks
On social media
Panos Douros @rights360 speaks eloquently of the stresses facing #humanrights workers during #COVID19
— EPHA (@EPHA_EU) May 27, 2020
abuse, domestic violence, panic attacks,
disruption of services were some of the challenges frontline staff have been dealing with
@penumbra_scot also focused on ensuring that staff were supported in developing new skills. But it has been just as important to show how key they are to the organisation in the new circumstances they are facing #staffmentalhealth
— EPHA (@EPHA_EU) May 27, 2020
@MedicosdelMundo have developed a useful checklist to support their staff and volunteers
— EPHA (@EPHA_EU) May 27, 2020
"there is no one solution but everyone should work together and approaches should be integrated into our daily work" says Helena Manrique pic.twitter.com/6LzmyaA35l
Great to see @scf1072 talking about #CHIME principles during @MHESME webinar on #staffmentalhealth during #COVID19 #Covid_19 something our brilliant colleagues at @SRN_Tweet know quite a bit about 😀 https://t.co/FROYlHOpUZ
— Penumbra (@penumbra_scot) May 27, 2020
"We need to take care of those who care" says Paul de Raeve @EFNBrussels
— EPHA (@EPHA_EU) May 27, 2020
We are facing the same situation as Florence Nightingale, who founded modern nursing, did during the Crimean War
Supporting #staffmentalhealth is ultimately a matter of political will concludes
— EPHA (@EPHA_EU) May 27, 2020
says Radost Zaharieva @EPHA_EU
The new Health Programme announced by the @EU_Commission is an opportunity to address these issues says Marcin Rodzinka @MHESME