Root Strength

A Health and Care Professionals Guide to Minimizing Stress and Maximizing Thriving

Shannon Dames
Elsevier
400 pages
ISBN: 9780323778695
March 2022

This book discusses principles of self-care that can help you prevent emotional fatigue and job burnout in highly stressful workplaces. An evidence-based approach examines how the care professional can develop self-compassion, mindfulness, relationships with co-workers, and perceived satisfaction with one’s career. With the prevalence of mental health issues among care professionals ― including rates of PTSD and major depressive disorder (MDD) ― appearing much higher than that in the general population, never has a resource like this been more required!