How to support mental health and wellbeing during COVID-19

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COVID-19

Mental Health Resources 05042020

Gwyn Elias

How to support mental health and wellbeing during COVID-19 It is recognised that social distancing and staying at home can be associated with feeling low, worried, anxious, having increased concerns over your health or that of those close to you. It is important to take care of your mind as well as your body and to get further support if you need it. Why not try the NHS Mood assessment tool? Or get your free NHS mind plan from Every Mind Matters. Self-help therapies There is a wide range of information and resources for professionals and people seeking support in Leeds on the Mindwell website, including information on services and how people can look after their own mental wellbeing during the coronavirus outbreak. People can freely access online video courses to learn about stress and anxiety, mindfulness, understanding self-esteem, panic attacks, managing stress in parenthood, depression, bereavement and postnatal depression Self-help books recommended by the NHS for common mental health problems like anxiety and depression on Reading Well Books on Prescription. Links to NHS resources on mental health and wellbeing NHS advice on mental wellbeing while staying at home NHS mental wellbeing audio guides Public Health England Guidance for the public on the mental health and wellbeing aspects of COVID-19.

Supporting the mental wellbeing of NHS staff during COVID19 During the peak of the COVID19 pandemic, healthcare staff may be placed into positions where they are asked to make difficult decisions, work under extreme pressure and practise outside their usual scope of practise. Staff will likely be faced with ethical dilemmas such as balancing their own physical and mental health needs with those of patients, how to balance caring for large numbers of unwell patients with limitations on resources, also how to balance caring duties for family with the duty to provide patient care. NHS staff can access the self-help resources above and get a free NHS Mind Plan from Every Mind Matters. NHS staff have been given free access to: Living Life to the Full videos Apps: Headspace, Sleepio, Daylight, Unmind

Other useful links: Apps, helplines and support groups: NHS Apps for mental health Mental health helplines Depression support groups Mental health issues if you are gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans Loneliness in older people Loneliness in the elderly: how to help Clinical guidance from the Royal College of Psychiatrists on the management of mental illness during COVID-19.

COVID-19

Mental Health Resources 05042020

Gwyn Elias

Managing depot anti-psychotics during COVID-19 Advice on medication: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/about-us/responding-to-covid19/responding-to-covid-19-guidance-for-clinicians/community-and-inpatientservices/providing-medication Centrally updated resources on COVID-19: NHSEI advice and briefings for clinicians NHS advice for the public Latest guidance on personal protective equipment (PPE) Advice from the government NHSX digital resources, apps and tools for patient care.