Yale Psychiatry Wellness Initiative
The Yale Psychiatry residency program is deeply committed to the well-being and development of our resident physicians. In 2019, the Wellness Task Force was established to support our training programs in addressing the complex intersections of burnout and physician well-being and to advocate for structural opportunities to improve the wellbeing of our trainees. The taskforce identified several domains for enhancing wellbeing, including physical environments, access to and dissemination of well-being resources, training structures and their impacts on well-being, and fostering of community and social relationships.
The work of the Wellness Task Force continues through the Graduate Education Committe (GEC) commissioned Wellbeing workgroup, which provides ongoing support for initiatives that promote the wellbeing of residents and includes both residents and faculty.
Psychiatry Residency Wellness Initiative Contact
Connecting as A Community
- Psychiatry Residency Interest Groups
- PGY-1 & PGY-2 Roundtables
- Faculty-Resident Events
- Retreats
Resources
Mental Health Resources & Supports
As a Yale resident, you have access to these benefits, both free and covered by your health insurance:Physical & Financial Wellbeing
Your wellbeing consists of everything about you, from your sleep to your finances. Here are some more supports you have access to:Structural Supports
Being part of the larger entities of Psychiatry, Yale, Yale School of Medicine, and Yale New Haven Health provide you with organizational supports too:
Psychiatry
- Residency Alert & Critical Incident Support
- Residency Leave & Vacation Policy
- Residency Wellbeing policy
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Residency Wellness Events
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Need Help Now?
- Call or Text 988Now: Contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline if you have a mental health crisis
- Emotional Well-Being Solutions (EWS)Soon: 24x7 short-term support: Six free counseling sessions via EWS. Call 866-416-6586.
- Behavioral Health Plan Sometime: For long-term need, your insurance covers clinical treatment for behavioral health. Visit the link with your HealthSafeID or company access code YaleSB.
Screenings
- Professional Quality of Life MeasureIntended for healthcare professionals, the ProQOL screening helps you understand the positive and negative aspects of helping those who experience trauma and suffering.
- Patient Health Questionnaire The PHQ is a self-administered version of the PRIME-MD diagnostic instrument for common mental disorders.
- Behavioral Health ScreeningBrief screenings are the quickest way to determine if you or someone you care about should connect with a behavioral health professional.