Mental Health Resources for Healthcare Workers under COVID

Free Self-Help Mental Health Tools

Headspace App

(Expired) Free Headspace Plus plan for healthcare professionals with an NPI number through 2020. You just need to enter your NPI number and get access.

Free Therapy/Crisis Intervention

National mental health crisis hotline

You can find the hotline you need from this website. Here are some 24h crisis hotline listed on their website:

• Mental Health America Hotline: Text MHA to 741741

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255.

• Crisis Text Line: Text CONNECT to 741741. 

• Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255.

You can have access to these hotlines no matter where you locate in America.

Talkspace App or Website

Instructions from their website: “To sign up, healthcare workers should register via the app (Google Play or App Store) or website by providing verification with their NPI and state of residence. Once certified, they will gain access to our Unlimited Messaging Plus plan.”

Mental Health YouTube Videos/Podcasts

FACE COVID - How To Respond Effectively To The Corona Crisis In this brief animation, Dr Russ Harris, author of the international best-seller The Happiness T...

Ilene Serlin, PhD, use body movements to help ourselves to get grounded and relaxed.

With fear over the COVID-19 Coronavirus spreading worldwide and cautionary measures changing our daily lives, it's understandable for everyone to feel some a...

Downloadable Mental Health Materials

MGH Psychiatry Guide to Mental Health Resources for COVID-19 (Resource Lists and Coping Tips)

• Section 4: Coping Among Healthcare Workers

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