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The mental health of caregivers across veterinary and human medicine is declining rapidly. Healthcare workers are increasingly experiencing burn out and leaving their careers before retirement.
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A compounding mental health crisis among veterinarians, physicians, dentists, and first responders continues to grow during a time when the state of our planet's health requires ALL caregivers, ALL Healers, to be working - quickly - toward a solution.
The intention behind this program:
Our organization serves the mission of planetary health by caring for Healers by educating and resourcing Healers at the level of the individual and the community. By resourcing and provisioning Healers to care for themselves, we believe those individuals are then are better able to care for others, safely and with resiliency.
This curriculum addresses the underlying risk factors that threaten the mental and emotional health of Healers.
Why this Curriculum?
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Medical fields generally attract diligent, “neurotic”, and “stoic” personalities that put their own needs last.
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Increasing stressors on healthcare professionals include the politicization of science and health issues, changes within practice styles, and accumulating moral injuries.
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Healers sign up for the 'hard', the 'dirty, bloody, smelly'. We're ready to dig in to help, to run forward to support - and we're stubborn enough to stick around through the hard times.
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This mental health curriculum was built to keep caregivers healthy and well so they can continue caring for those around them.
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The resiliency of Healers is evident in this curriculum and the professionals that pass through it. Care for the Healer (CFTH) is proud to support the resiliency innate to every Healer.
