Mental Health and Well-Being Amongst Healthcare Professionals in Clinical Training

Healthcare workersHealthcare workers in clinical trainingClinical training are at a high risk of stressStress and burnoutBurnout due to their dual clinical practiceClinical practice and academic components. The psychosocial clinical environmentClinical environment and personality traitsPersonality traits contribute toHealthcare workers healthcare workers’ increased risk of psychological distressPsychological distress. The two-dimensional circumplex proposed by the complete state model ofMental health mental healthComplete state model of mental health suggests that people with mental illness symptoms can have mental well-beingWell-being and are seen as traversing the circumplex from floundering to flourishing. PovertyPoverty is a significant predictor of mental illness, and COVID-19 has been linked to poorer mental health. The WHO’s Global Mental Health ReportGlobal Mental Health Report identifies three paradigm-shifting strategies for enhancing mental health, including elevating those who are impacted and reshaping social and living conditions. The United Nation’s action plan is to achieve sustainable health goalsSustainable health goals for 2030. The aim is to improve leadership and governance, responsive and integrated care, strategies for promotion and preventionHealth prevention, and the use of evidence and research to improve mental health.