Friday 1 April 2011
Psychology works, but it takes time!
Psychological interventions can help healthcare professionals working in hospitals, but it takes time and the participation of the healthcare professionals themselves! A 2010 study [Occup Environ Med doi: 10.1136/oem.2010.055202] found that a participatory intervention team, meaning the intervention involved people working in the target hospital, helped to reduce adverse psychosocial work factors and improve mental health. The interesting aspect of the intervention was that it involved 8 meetings (for 3 hours) over a four month period, and the actual follow-up was 3 years after the intervention. So, helping hospital workers takes an investment of time and the results may not be seen for quite some time!
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The interesting thing is that everyone recognizes the need for psychological support of workers in hospitals, but nobody does anything about it....
ReplyDeleteHi Evelyn
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. Part of the reason is because doctors and nurses are heavily invested in their roles. Put simply, they are trained to be doctors and nurses, but not members of the hospital (if you know what I mean). It's more difficult to embrace help if your role is more important than the purpose of the organisation. Teachers have the same problem.
Thus, they themselves are partly to blame for not recieving help.