Sapienza cares for the carers
Sapienza cares for the carers. Sapienza University, together with ANIA, for a project aimed at supporting university hospitals' healthcare professionals. Considerations for mental and psychosocial well-being during COVID-19 emergency developed by the WHO.
The Deans of the Faculties of Pharmacy and Medicine, Medicine and Dentistry, and Medicine and Psychology and Sapienza University promote the “Sapienza cares for the carers” project, in partnership with ANIA Foundation. The project is aimed at providing psychological support for the University Hospitals' physicians and healthcare professionals who are the front line during this Coronavirus medical emergency. The psychologists, coordinated by the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, after adequate training provide online support twenty-four-seven.
In case of need please call the number 800 893 510.
As part of the project, a multidisciplinary team translated into Italian the following 30 considerations for mental and psychosocial well-being, developed by the World Health Organization. The document includes a list of principles and essential advice for citizens and healthcare professionals. This is why the WHO considerations, in Italian, have been renamed “Consider-azioni” (“Consider – actions”) and accurately translated.
On Thursday, April 16, at 4:30 pm, as part of this initiative, Dr Roger Solomon, connected from Washington DC, hosted an important webinar. The participants were psychologists and psychiatrists currently supporting healthcare professionals in Rome, coordinated by the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology of Sapienza University and professionals and counsellors of two Roman general hospitals: Tor Vergata and Gemelli. The webinar examined advanced techniques for treatments of post-traumatic disorders. Dr Roger Solomon is a well-known psychologist and psychotherapist specializing in the areas of trauma and grief. He collaborated with F. Shapiro in the development of EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and he is currently working on structural dissociation treatments. Dr Solomon has planned critical incident programs and provided direct services following tragedies such as Hurricane Katrina, September 11 terrorist attacks, the loss of the Shuttle Columbia, and the Oklahoma City Bombing. He has also provided clinical services and training for the U.S. Senate, NASA and several other agencies. He consults with the Polizia di Stato and Ania Cares in Italy. The introductory lecture named “Resilience in the Era of COVID-19" is available online. Click on the lecture.