'Why Cope When You Can Heal?: How Healthcare Heroes of COVID-19 Can Recover from PTSD' by bestselling author and PTSD expert 📝Mark Goulston, MD, and former hospital CEO Diana Hendel, PharmD.

Filled with helpful tips, tactics and tools, as well as real-world accounts from frontline workers, Why Cope When You Can Heal? is a must-read for every healthcare professional. COVID-19 is powerful, but so is the spirit of the healthcare worker. In this book, the authors present an empathetic, informed approach that will help people heal from the inside out and find guidance to reconnect with joy and rediscover the rewards of both career and life.

Reflections

"As a healthcare leader responsible for an organization of more than 18,000 healthcare providers and staff members, I care deeply about the emotional well-being of our team. This book is an essential resource for frontline providers and leaders alike, and is a terrific supplement to the programs and services we’ve implemented to help employees navigate the enormous stress of the COVID-19 pandemic.” ~ Chris D. Van Gorder, FACHE, President and CEO of Scripps Health, Author of The Front-Line Leader

"A must-read for every healthcare provider or leader. It not only describes what we on the frontlines have been faced with during these chaotic and unprecedented times, but, even more importantly, it is filled with hope, inspiration, and lots of practical, evidence-based techniques and treatments for managing traumatic stress." ~ Jagat Narula, MD PhD MAAC, Chief, Division of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital

"Why Cope, When You Can Heal? is going to help lots of people. Thanks to Mark Goulston and Diana Hedges for explaining how PTSD affects healthcare providers and most importantly, how treatment can lead to recovery." ~ David Feinberg, MDHead of Google Health

“This is the book we as clinicians need right now. Mark Goulston and Diana Hendel have articulated both the problem and solution for something we all realize, namely that the pandemic is a human catastrophe, and that we need to help beyond just praise for the front line heroes. The chapters on recovering from this trauma will save lives. I hope we all read it.”   ~ Stephen K. Klasko, M.D., M.B.A. President and CEO, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health

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• 1] [Why Cope When You Can Heal, whycopewhenyoucanheal.com
• 2] [Essential Resource for COVID-19 PTSD Offered to Heroes and Frontline Workers
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