Building Resilience and Prioritizing Mental Health in Dentistry
The chapter delves into the importance of daily resilience training, identifying mental health issues in colleagues, and incorporating resilience modules in dental education. It emphasizes creating a positive team culture and shifting mindset towards patient care over defensive dentistry. Practical tools like mindfulness and self-compassion are discussed to manage stress and self-criticism in dentistry.
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We need to talk about the ‘S’ word and our mental health.
I never, EVER want to lose a colleague again due to the pressures within Dentistry.
This is why I interviewed Dr Mahrukh Khwaja, a positive psychologist and Dentist, to help us with strategies to improve our mental health.
Why is it that we have so many support channels during a crisis, but no structured pathways to help us AVOID burnout, crisis and stress in Dentistry?
Protrusive Dental Pearl: What are you doing on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to look after your Mental Health? Do not wait until a crisis, as we already know that prevention is better than the cure.
Take the first steps in looking after your mental health with Mahrukh and her Mind Flossing Toolkit
Highlights of this Episode: 3:01 Protrusive Dental Pearl 4:22 Dr. Mahrukh Khwaja Introduction 7:34 Seeking Professional Help 12:10 Helping Dental Professionals 17:08 Suicide Issue within Dentistry 20:02 Reducing Suicidal and Burnout Rate 24:24 Inner Voice 29:51 Cognitive Reframing 36:31 Toxic Work Cultures 42:24 Signs to Look Out For 49:30 Learn more from Mind Ninja
