Practical Advice for Keeping Well Physically and Mentally
There's lots of information and advice on how to maintain your physical and mental wellbeing whilst working during this pandemic.
We've collated a few resources that we think are particularly useful and relevant:
- Emotional and Psychological Survival Guide - tips and strategies for coping emotionally during the pandemic, including a CBT model
- MIND - Coronavirus and your Wellbeing - includes practical advice for staying at home whilst supporting your mental health
- RCGP Covid-19 Wellbeing Guidance - latest guidance and updates
- Stress, Coping and Resilience - NHS Scotland - this poster from NHS Scotland presents a good infographic summary of how we all cope in challenging times, and where we can find support by presenting key messages
- Living With Worry and Anxiety Amidst Global Uncertainty - a guide from Psychology Tools with some helpful exercises
- The Good-Night Guide - seven practical steps to a good night's sleep from The Sleep Council
- Keeping Motivated As Lockdown Goes On - 10 tips for keeping motivated at work
- Lifting Lockdown, Tips from a GP - a practical and inclusive guide to moving forward safely in the COVID-19 pandemic by Dr Farhana Rahman
- Recovering After COVID-19 - a practical guide for clinicians and commissioners from The Primary Care Respiratory Society UK
- Your COVID Recovery - as you find yourself recovering from COVID-19, you may still be coming to terms with the impact the virus has had on both your body and mind. These changes should get better over time, some may take longer than others, but there are things you can do to help
- Second Lockdown Shock! - Dr Andrew Tresidder's useful piece, revised as we head into a second lockdown, exploring Change and Loss, and Understanding our Emotional States, with infographic on Turning Points As You Adjust To Change