Resource Round-up: Mental health

Need help?

If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, please call 9-1-1 or go to your nearest hospital.

If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline.
People of all ages who need support can text Kids Help Phone 24/7 at 686868 (youth) or 741741 (adults) to speak to a trained volunteer crisis responder. Young people can also call 1-800-668-6868 to speak with a professional counsellor 24/7 or chat with a counsellor by visiting kidshelpphone.ca
Indigenous Peoples can call 1-855-242-3310 or text the online chat offered by Hope for Wellness at hopeforwellness.ca.

Canada’s pharmacy teams have taken on a lot to care for and support their patients and communities. The prolonged pressure of the pandemic and the ongoing strain on our health system continues to highlight the significant physical and mental stresses health workers bear as they care for their patients.

Pharmacy Workforce Wellness

CPhA launched the Pharmacy Workforce Wellness initiative to help address the core causes driving stress and burnout in the profession, and identify solutions and strategies aimed at minimizing the impact of the pandemic and its effect on the pharmacy workforce.

Wellness Toolkit – A curated, evidence-based resources to support pharmacy professionals in development by CPhA’s Pharmacy Wellness Task Force
No tolerance for aggressive behaviour posters – Printable posters that you can display in your pharmacy as a visual reminder that aggressive behaviour is not tolerated and that your pharmacy team is here to help.
Rx4 Wellness: Navigation Well-being in Pharmacy – CPhA podcast exploring mental health and wellness in pharmacy
Supporting mental health in pharmacy: CPhA’s promise to students – Article by CPhA’s Director of Professional Affairs, Sadaf Faisal

Taking care of yourself

Supporting Pharmacists’ Health and Wellness During COVID-19 – A brief practice tool with practical tips and resources for pharmacy professionals. (CPhA)
Resilience: A Primer for Pharmacists – A webinar about strategies for managing stress and burnout with University of Toronto professor Zubin Austin. While held prior to the pandemic in December 2019, this webinar still provides some foundational strategies you can use to support your own mental health. (CPhA)
Psychological Health and Safety – A 3-part series and workbook on psychological safety that guides pharmacy leaders on how to accommodate those on your team who may be facing challenges, start discussions on psychological health, and create a mentally safe working space. (Ontario Pharmacists Association)
A Prescription for Professional Wellness – A podcast series hosted by Amy Oliver, Pharmacist and Certified Leadership Coach, and Dr. Carly Crewe, Psychotherapist and Empowerment Coach to help facilitate conversation about mental health challenges that pharmacy professionals are currently facing. (Ontario Pharmacists Association)
Supporting the resilience of the pharmacy workforce – The Centre for Practice Excellence (CPE) at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy has developed a suite of tools and resources to help build resilience, including a resilience and emotional intelligence inventory for health-care professionals.
Mental health resources for Health Care Workers – Mental health and addiction supports for health-care workers (CAMH)
LTC+ – Mental Health and Resiliency Resources for Healthcare Providers, Staff and Leaders – A collection of mental health resources for health-care providers, leaders, and educators (Healthcare Excellence Canada)
Helping Health Care Workers Cope with COVID-19-Related Trauma – A resource on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and other mental health concerns that could be faced by health-care workers, staff, and leaders. (Anxiety Canada)
Get Help Here: Mental health support – Information on mental health resources, supports and services, including those available in each province or territory. (Government of Canada)

CPS: Drug and therapeutic information

Our drug and therapeutic content covers a wide variety of mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, insomnia, PTSD and addiction support. This information is designed to help you help your patients, but it also has many tips for ways to take care of yourself.

Our Resource Round-up series gathers available resources and practice tools on important health topics to help you in your practice. This is not an exhaustive list of available resources. Something missing? If you have information, tools or resources you think we should include, please let us know at practicedevelopment@pharmacists.ca.

Last updated on May 6, 2024