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Poor mental health a 'common phenomenon' in healthcare staff
- In 2023 and 2024, researchers developed two sets of practical mental health guidelines for harm reduction staff and managers across 31 European cities.
- The guidelines resulted from interviews and focus groups with harm reduction workers and managers to address workplace mental health challenges under unsupportive conditions.
- The guidelines emphasize self-care, peer support, and fostering supportive organizational cultures to reduce burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma.
- At the April 2025 Harm Reduction International Conference, a virtual poster presented findings from 31 interviews highlighting key stressors like funding insecurity and job immobility.
- Implementing these guidelines could improve staff well-being and harm reduction service effectiveness, and they may also apply meaningfully beyond Europe.
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We Need to Care for Ourselves: Addressing Mental Health in Harm Reduction | C-EHRN poster at HR25 – European Harm Reduction Network
C-EHRN presented a virtual poster at the Harm Reduction International Conference 2025 (27-30 April 2025), highlighting our work on supporting mental health among harm reduction staff. The poster and explanatory video showcase the findings of our 2023 mapping across 31 European cities and the practical guidelines developed in 2024 to foster staff well-being. Abstract We Need to Care for Ourselves: Addressing Mental Health in Harm Reduction Laoi…
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