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The Workers Health and Safety Centre provided training resources aimed at addressing psychosocial hazards and workplace mental health in 2021–2022. WHSC delivered 6,558 hours of training to help workplaces prevent hazards that give rise to mental injuries in workers as well as prevent workplace violence and harassment.
Mar 1, 2021 · A virtual pilot study to investigate how music therapy can improve the mental health of healthcare workers has been launched by Simon Fraser University and Music Heals. The study will focus on the healing effects of music on healthcare workers who are at a higher risk of developing PTSD, trauma, depression and other mental health disorders.
- Creating Music Opportunities
- Increased Presence of Music Therapy
- Recognition and Visibility of Music Therapy
- Conclusion
During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, music therapists worked to enhance music opportunities outside of music therapy sessions for patients on mental health units. While creating music opportunities was an element of these hospital music therapy programs before the pandemic, facilitating opportunities for independent music-making or liste...
During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the temporary suspension of music therapy services on other inpatient units and outpatient and community-based programs meant that some music therapists could increase the time they spent providing music therapy on inpatient mental health units. In spending more time on inpatient mental health units, ...
Despite the various restrictions that limited music therapy practice during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, music therapists working on inpatient mental health units noticed that music therapy was appreciated by medical and allied staff during this time of heightened stress and uncertainty. Due to less activity and limited personnel on inp...
Adapting music therapy services on inpatient mental health units during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic was challenging for music therapists like Bouchard, Curry, Pearson, and Shah. Restrictions such as singing bans and limitations on group sizes have been disappointing and frustrating. At the same time, the challenge of improvising and cre...
ConnexOntario is a provincial agency offering information to Ontarians about mental health, addictions and problem gambling services. System navigator specialists answer calls, e-mails or web-chat requests 24 hours a day, seven days a week. HealthyMinds@Work provides resources to help employers better understand and address mental health ...
May 5, 2023 · Introduction. Hospital environments are under an increasing amount of pressure, and this situation leads to serious psychological syndromes among health workers. 1 Low resources, high absenteeism, longer shifts, irregularities in sleep periods, deleterious work life balance and increase in occupational hazards have contributed to adverse psychological outcomes in terms of stress, insomnia ...
3.1.4. Music Therapy Can Enhance Friendship among Employees. In the case of the epidemic, employees wear masks and the distrust between each other is strengthened, and even communication is conducted through remote video. Music therapy can solve the psychological pressure problem of employees in this aspect in the later stage of the epidemic.
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Aug 1, 2023 · Music therapy has shown promise in providing a safe and supportive environment for healing trauma and building resilience while decreasing anxiety levels and improving the functioning of depressed individuals. 4 Music therapy is an evidence-based therapeutic intervention using music to accomplish health and education goals, such as improving mental wellness, reducing stress and alleviating pain.
