Resources for Individuals, Leaders, and Institutions
Everyone has a role to play in breaking down the barriers to mental health care in emergency medicine. Click the accordion tabs below for helpful resources to help you make a difference.
For Individual Clinicians
For Individual Clinicians
How do you change a culture of stigma? One person at a time, and it starts with you. Be the change you seek — speak up, reach out, learn more, and take care of yourself. What you do and say can make a difference.
- Open Your Heart and Start the Conversation
- 30 Self-Care Habits for a Strong and Healthy Mind, Body and Spirit
- Reach Out for Help
- Know the Warning Signs of a Mental Health Crisis
- How to Start (and Continue!) a Conversation About Mental Health
- The Four Domains of Self-care
- Medical School Burnout: How to Take Care of Yourself
- Practice the Four Domains of Self-care
- Storytelling Is at the Heart of Changing Attitudes About Mental Health
- Share Suicide Prevention Resources
- Being Well in Emergency Medicine: ACEP’s Guide to Investing in Yourself
- Provider Self Care Toolkit
For Educators & Program Directors
For Educators & Program Directors
When it comes to mental health care in EM, program directors, educators, and other academic leaders are key influencers. Not only are they often the first to notice and address mental health struggles in their students, as mentors they are positioned to reduce stigma by modeling mental health self-care and normalizing help seeking. Moreover, their position of leadership allows them to identify innovative approaches to resilience training and mental health treatment and integrate comprehensive wellness and mental health support into the learning environment.
- How to Be a Wellness Role Model
- Improve Resident Use of Mental Health Resources
- Resident and Fellow Burnout: Create a Holistic, Supportive Culture of
Well-Being - The Role of Medical Educators in Reducing Stigma
- Recommendations Regarding Health Services for Medical Students
- Creating a Psychologically and Physically Safe Learning Environment
- Supporting the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers Playbook
- Preventing Physician Suicide: Identify and Support At-Risk Physicians
- Stress First Aid for Health Care Professionals: Recognize and Respond
Early to Stress Injuries - ACGME AWARE Well-Being Resources
- Physician Well-Being Foster Self-Care and Protect Against Burnout
- Suicide Prevention in the Health Care Workforce Guide
- Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition Program
- Interactive Screening Program
- Schwartz Rounds
- Stress First Aid
For Departments & Institutions
For Departments & Institutions
The movement to dismantle barriers to mental health care in emergency medicine is now more critical than ever. Fortunately, there is a growing commitment to this cause, with institutions and emergency medicine organizations launching strategies, initiatives, and policies designed to safeguard the mental health and well-being of healthcare providers. Their efforts aim to raise awareness of mental health issues, offer mental health care resources, and encourage seeking mental health care while normalizing it.
- Understand Structural Barriers to Mental Health Care
- Remove Intrusive Mental Health Questions From Licensure and Credentialing Applications
- Solutions Library: Build a Resilient Organization
- ALL IN: Caring for Caregivers Program
- Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition Program
- Interactive Screening Program
- Schwartz Rounds
- Stress First Aid
- SafeHaven: Made for Clinicians, By Clinicians
- Take Action Against Clinician Burnout
- Creating a Resilient Organization
- Creating the Organizational Foundation for Joy in Medicine
- Resident and Fellow Burnout: Create a Holistic, Supportive Culture of Wellness
- Physician Suicide and Support: Identify At-Risk Physicians and Facilitate Access to Appropriate Care
- Medical Student Well-Being: Minimize burnout and improve mental health among medical students
- Peer Support Programs for Physicians: Mitigate the Effects of Emotional Stressors Through Peer Support
- Scholars of Wellness: Train Physicians to Advance Well-Being With Effective Pilot Interventions
- Stress First Aid for Health Care Professionals
- Establishing a Chief Wellness Officer Position
Webinar Recordings and Video Resources
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A message from ABEM President Ramon Johnson, MD, MBA
Oct 17, 2023
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Mental Health Matters: Normalizing Discussions on Emergency Physician Mental Health and Well-Being
Oct 16, 2023
Emergency medicine leaders and mental health experts explore EM physician well-being, challenges, and seeking help with the aim of normalizing discussions on mental health in emergency medicine.
Additional Support & Resources
Additional Support & Resources
Hotlines & Ongoing Support
- Crisis Text Line: Text HELP to 741741
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
- NAMI HelpLine M-F from 10 am–10 pm ET: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or info@nami.org or text NAMI to 741-741
- Physician Support Line 1-888-409-0141
- Therapy Aid Coalition
- The Emotional PPE Project
- Federation of State Physician Health Programs
- PeerRxMed
Organizations That Can Help
- NAMI Frontline Wellness
- Suicide Prevention Resource Center
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- The Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation
- The Physicians Foundation
- The National Alliance on Mental Illness
- ALL IN: Wellbeing First for Healthcare
- The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare
- Vital WorkLife
- The Coalition for Physician Well-Being
Screening and Assessment Tools
- Mayo Clinic – Well-Being Index
- Stanford Self-Assessment
- Professional Quality of Life Scale
- Maslach Burnout Inventory
- American Medical Association – Mini-Z Burnout Inventory
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention – Interactive Screening Program
- Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance – Screening for Depression
- University of Pennsylvania Five Pillars of Well-Being PERMA Workplace Profile Survey