Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks
Book contents
- Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
- Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Foreword by Dr Adrian James
- Foreword by Professor David Lockey
- Section 1 The Nature and Impacts of Twenty-First-Century Healthcare Emergencies
- Section 2 Clinical Aspects of Traumatic Injuries, Epidemics, and Pandemics
- Section 3 The Role of the Public in Emergencies: Survivors, Bystanders, and Volunteers
- Section 4 Responses to Meet the Mental Health Needs of People Affected by Emergencies, Major Incidents, and Pandemics
- Section 5 Sustaining and Caring for Staff During Emergencies
- Chapter 37 The Moral Architecture of Healthcare Systems and Other Organisations
- Chapter 38 What Ails Professional Responders, and the Implications for Training and Sustaining Healthcare Practitioners
- Chapter 39 Moral Distress and Moral Injury
- Chapter 40 Consequences for the Mental Health of Families of Responders to Pandemics, Major Incidents, and Emergencies
- Chapter 41 Lessons for Structure, Workforce Planning, and Responding to Emergencies from Nurses in the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Chapter 42 Intelligent Kindness Under Stress: Working with Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Staff During The Pandemic
- Chapter 43 The Role of Occupational Health Services and Responding to Staff Who Have Long COVID
- Chapter 44 A Framework for Designing, Developing, and Delivering Psychosocial and Mental Healthcare
- Chapter 45 Case Study 1: Caring for Teams – An Organisation-Wide Approach to Wellbeing, Psychosocial Care, and Mental Healthcare
- Chapter 46 Case Study 2: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Healthcare Staff – Lessons from a Selection of Interventions Put in Place During the Pandemic
- Chapter 47 Case Study 3: Lessons from Delivering Support for Staff Working at the Nightingale COVID-19 Hospital in London
- Chapter 48 Case Study 4: Delivering Peer Support
- Section 6 Designing, Leading, and Managing Responses to Emergencies and Pandemics
- Section 7 Key Lessons for the Way Forward
- A Glossary of Selected Key Terms Used in This Book
- Index
- References
Chapter 48 - Case Study 4: Delivering Peer Support
from Section 5 - Sustaining and Caring for Staff During Emergencies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2024
Book contents
- Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
- Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Foreword by Dr Adrian James
- Foreword by Professor David Lockey
- Section 1 The Nature and Impacts of Twenty-First-Century Healthcare Emergencies
- Section 2 Clinical Aspects of Traumatic Injuries, Epidemics, and Pandemics
- Section 3 The Role of the Public in Emergencies: Survivors, Bystanders, and Volunteers
- Section 4 Responses to Meet the Mental Health Needs of People Affected by Emergencies, Major Incidents, and Pandemics
- Section 5 Sustaining and Caring for Staff During Emergencies
- Chapter 37 The Moral Architecture of Healthcare Systems and Other Organisations
- Chapter 38 What Ails Professional Responders, and the Implications for Training and Sustaining Healthcare Practitioners
- Chapter 39 Moral Distress and Moral Injury
- Chapter 40 Consequences for the Mental Health of Families of Responders to Pandemics, Major Incidents, and Emergencies
- Chapter 41 Lessons for Structure, Workforce Planning, and Responding to Emergencies from Nurses in the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Chapter 42 Intelligent Kindness Under Stress: Working with Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Staff During The Pandemic
- Chapter 43 The Role of Occupational Health Services and Responding to Staff Who Have Long COVID
- Chapter 44 A Framework for Designing, Developing, and Delivering Psychosocial and Mental Healthcare
- Chapter 45 Case Study 1: Caring for Teams – An Organisation-Wide Approach to Wellbeing, Psychosocial Care, and Mental Healthcare
- Chapter 46 Case Study 2: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Healthcare Staff – Lessons from a Selection of Interventions Put in Place During the Pandemic
- Chapter 47 Case Study 3: Lessons from Delivering Support for Staff Working at the Nightingale COVID-19 Hospital in London
- Chapter 48 Case Study 4: Delivering Peer Support
- Section 6 Designing, Leading, and Managing Responses to Emergencies and Pandemics
- Section 7 Key Lessons for the Way Forward
- A Glossary of Selected Key Terms Used in This Book
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter is a case study that describes the experience of establishing a peer support programme in a critical care unit in an NHS hospital in the UK. The case study is set within a description of what peer support is and ideas about the underpinning principles for a peer support programme.
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- Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental HealthThe Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks, pp. 360 - 364Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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