The critical need for a meaning-centered team-level intervention to address healthcare provider distress now Editorial
| Authors: | Rosa, W. E.; Roberts, K. E.; Schlak, A. E.; Applebaum, A. J.; Breitbart, W. S.; Kantoff, E. H.; Pessin, H.; Lichtenthal, W. G. |
| Title: | The critical need for a meaning-centered team-level intervention to address healthcare provider distress now |
| Abstract: | COVID-19 has unveiled and amplified the burnout, grief, and other forms of distress among healthcare providers (HCPs) that long preceded the pandemic. The suffering of the healthcare workforce cannot be simply and sufficiently addressed with a single psychotherapeutic intervention. Nevertheless, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Studies recommended prioritizing interventions that generate an increased sense of meaning in life and in work to reduce burnout and cultivate clinician wellbeing. Despite their guidance, there is a dearth of interventions for HCPs specifically targeting meaning and purpose as an avenue to reduce HCP distress. In a time when such an intervention has never been more essential, Meaning-Centered Pyschotherapy (MCP), a brief, evidence-based intervention designed for patients with advanced cancer may be key. This piece describes the principles underlying MCP and how it might be adapted and applied to ameliorate burnout among HCPs while providing a rationale to support future empirical studies in this area. Importantly, the systemic factors that contribute to the emotional and mental health burdens of HCPs are discussed, emphasizing the need for systems-level changes that are needed to leverage the potential outcomes of MCP for HCPs. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
| Keywords: | outcome assessment; neoplasm; neoplasms; quality of life; psychology; patient care; social support; distress syndrome; health care personnel; epidemiology; job stress; work environment; burnout, professional; health personnel; psychotherapy; mental stress; emotional stress; prevention and control; burnout; pandemic; resilience; humans; human; article; moral distress; professional-patient relationship; psychological well-being; meaning-centered psychotherapy; professional burnout; pandemics; coronavirus disease 2019; covid-19; emotional well-being; meaning centered team level psychotherapy |
| Journal Title: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Issue: | 13 |
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 |
| Publisher: | MDPI AG |
| Date Published: | 2022-07-01 |
| Start Page: | 7801 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph19137801 |
| PUBMED: | 35805459 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC9265276 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 1 August 2022 -- Source: Scopus |
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