Can "resilience" protect key workers from poor mental health?

Abstract

Can “resilience” protect key workers from poor mental health? First responders, other public safety personnel, and healthcare workers appear to be those most at risk of poor mental health following their occupations – but what does increasing resilience do, and how can governments protect their key workers? The contemporary Canadian healthcare model and associated research efforts typically focus on diagnoses and treatments of experienced illnesses and injuries; in contrast, proactive mitigation efforts have received much less attention.