Apply Vigilance and Communication as Strategies to Address Crisis Fatigue
By Adele Spallone, LMHC, LMFT
Vice President of Clinical Operations
The Hartford
Some mental health and medical experts are raising awareness over a second pandemic: crisis fatigue. Whatever “back to normal” means, we may be closer, but we’re not there yet. A recent survey by The Hartford found that 61% of U.S. workers say they are experiencing burnout at work.1
Fatigue from unrelenting pandemic-related stress can be numbing and lead to increased risk for physical injury and mental health disorders.2 Mental health conditions are among the top five reasons for U.S. workers to file a short-term disability claim.3
Staying on top of all this requires employer vigilance to maintain open lines of communication and honest conversations.
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