We support numerous initiatives that assist the profession in addressing mental health needs and regard this as a priority for the BAPD.
Our purpose is to provide emotional first aid for dentists in distress.
We can allow you to offload and talk through your issues in complete confidence; we will then offer you signposting to further useful organisations if appropriate.
Sometimes all we are needed to do is listen!
If you would like any information or support you can get in contact with Confidental on 0333 987 5158
Mental Health Wellness in Dentistry is dedicated to supporting and driving the need to look differently at mental health in the workplace. Its guiding philosophy is to ensure that there is a whole team approach to mental health wellness in the workplace and that ‘early intervention and safe signposting’ is a given.
By becoming part of this call-to-action and movement to embrace the need to reduce the stigma and provide a safe space to talk, the hope is that the team will have the opportunity to thrive at work. After all, mental health is everyone’s responsibility.
We are a mutual / self help group of doctors and dentists from all levels of our professions who are recovering from, or wish to recover from addiction to alcohol, drugs or other behavioural addictions.
Our meetings, physical and online video, are not abstract scientific discussions about alcoholism / drug addiction but focus on sharing our journeys, our difficulties, both personally and professionally, and what has helped us in our recovery.
All of these guides include information on symptoms, cause as well as treatment and support options that may be available, most of the guides have an option to view the information as a PDF which you can then download from there, as many times as you like.
If you would like any information or support you can get in contact with MIND on 0300 123 3393.
They are open Monday to Friday 9am-6pm.
