Burns, Courtney J

Abstract Different types of health care worker distress are often conflated. Understanding their distinctions helps customize support and encourages more exact terminology in academic discourse. While it is not necessary to diagnose a colleague to support them, it helps to have an awareness of unique struggles. This targeted support can be provided alongside universally caring approaches such as empathetic listening, encouraging professional support, maintaining confidentiality, seeking specialist advice, and destigmatizing mental health issues.