Mental Health
- Ongoing Stress Management: The pressure to perform flawlessly during surgeries can lead to anxiety and burnout.
- Higher Ordered Thinking, Decision-Making and Managing Prolonged Stress
- Work-Life Balance: Long hours can disrupt personal lives and relationships, contributing to external stress.
Emotional Well-Being
- Emotional Toll: Dealing with patient outcomes, including losses, can lead to emotional distress and compassion fatigue.
- Support Systems: Having access to mental health resources and peer support is crucial for emotional resilience.
Useful Information
- Beaumont Hospital’s Mindfulness and Relaxation Centre has good information and downloadable apps.
- Psychologists at the Australian National University have developed Moodgym, an online resource that teaches cognitive behavioural techniques for the management of depression and anxiety. This is available free of charge to registered users.
- Psychological interventions can help to improve coping abilities and reduce stress. Information on local services is available from the Psychological Society of Ireland
- Developed by Daniel Siegel and David Rock, the seven activities on the Healthy Mind Platter provide a ‘well-balanced diet’ for wellbeing.
- Information on a range of mental health disorders is accessible through the St Patrick’s hospital website
- The Nutrition and Health Foundation of Ireland has useful interactive tools such as a BMI calculator, interactive exercise pyramid and food pyramid
- Mind yourself at work is a useful leaflet on depression and achieving positive mental health
- Anxiety in everyday life provides a good overview of anxiety disorders and tips on coping
- Harvard Medical School’s notes on sleep
- The Medical Council’s Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics
- UCLA Sleep Disorders Center Coping with Shift Work
