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The Community Resilience Campaign (CRC)
Helping Organizations Weather the Health Crisis
Mental health implications such as suicidal thoughts, opioid and other substance abuse, and depression have risen sharply during the COVID-19 crisis. The CRC helps organizations keep their employees resilient to perform their vital work.
The initial COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. caused great physical suffering as hospitals overflowed and equipment such as ventilators and medical face masks were in short supply.
Silver Hill Hospital recognized immediately that this physical toll would be accompanied by mental suffering caused by uncertainty, isolation, anxiety and myriad other factors. To meet this mental health crisis and keep essential workers resilient to perform their vital duties, Silver Hill launched the COVID Resilience Campaign (CRC) as a resource
to the community. (The program name was later changed to Community Resilience Campaign as its services continue even as the pandemic recedes.)
CRC facilitators provide unique mental
health training tailored to an organization’s individual needs with the aim of keeping employees resilient in the face of a growing and lingering crisis. Originally created to meet the mental health needs of overwhelmed medical workers, the CRC has widened
its breadth to include first responders, schoolteachers, health care workers, essential workers and other organizations. The CRC
has also worked with area youth in recognition of the tremendous mental health challenges students are facing during the pandemic.
Pandemic-fueled spikes in mental health 20 problems such as suicide, substance abuse,
depression and anxiety underscore the critical need for programs like the CRC. Experts believe these problems will continue long after the virus itself is
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