Visit AVMA’s Well-being and Peer Assistance page for additional information and resources on:

• Work & Compassion Fatigue

• Stress Management

• Financial Well-being

• Work-Life Balance

• Physical Health

• Learn About Self-Care

• Setting Up A Well-being Program

• Getting Assistance with Well-being

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

• Brave Space Certificate Program

• Cultural Competence & Humility

• Workplace Well-being Certificate Program

• QPR Training: Well-being Gatekeeper

• Everyday Health: How To Start a Self-Care Routine You’ll Follow

• Cleveland Clinic: How To Start a Self-Care Routine

• Verywell Mind: 5 Self-Care Practices for Every Area of Your Life

• Psychology Today: How Self-Care May Improve Your Mental Health

• AVMA: Self-Care for New Veterinarians

• AAHA: Pandemic Self-Care for Veterinary Teams

Please note that the assessments are not diagnostic tests, and therefore no official diagnosis can be determined based on the results.  

• American Institute of Stress: Stress Self-Assessments

• AVMA: Well-being Assessment for Veterinarians

• AVMA: Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) Assessment

• AVMA: Stress Management Checklist  

• AVMA: Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Tool

• Canadian Mental Health Association: Work-Life Balance Quiz

• Canadian Mental Health Association: Mental Health Meter

• Mental Health America: Depression Screener

• Mind Tools: Action Priority Matrix

• Mind Tools: Burnout Self-Test

• Mind Tools: Eisenhower’s Urgent/Important Principle

• Stress.org: The Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory 

Work & Compassion Fatigue

• AVMA: Organizational Symptoms of Compassion Fatigue
• American Institute of Stress: What is compassion fatigue?
• Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project: Running on Empty: Compassion Fatigue in Health Professionals
• UT Veterinary Social Work: Compassion Fatigue & Conflict Management
• VetMedTeam: When Caring Hurts – Managing Compassion Fatigue

Stress Management

• Mayo Clinic: Stress Symptoms
• Mayo Clinic: Stress Management
  
• Stress Management Society: How Stress Affects Us
  
• Verywell Mind: Stress-Relieving Benefits of Watching Cute Animal Videos

Financial Health

• AVMA: Your Financial Health
• AVMA: Loan Repayment Strategies
  
• AVMA: Veterinary Salary Estimator
  
• AVMA: Personal Financial Planning Resources
  
• AVMA: Explore & Prepare – Career Options
• AVMA: Veterinary Career Transitions
• SAVMA: Financing Your Veterinary Medical Education

Work-Life Balance & Boundaries

• AVMA: Work-Life Balance Reading List
• Canadian Mental Health Association: Work-Life Balance – Make it Your Business
• dvm360: Work-life Balance in Veterinary Medicine – Findings and Solutions
• dvm360: 7 Strategies to Support Work-Life Balance for Your Veterinary Team

Physical Health

• American Academy of Family Physicians: Nutrition and Mental Health
  
• National Institute of Health: Clear Health
  
• PsychCentral: The Connection Between Mental & Physical Health

Self-Care

• Harvard Business Review: 6 Ways to Weave Self-Care into Your Workday
• Ideas TED: 7 Ways to Practice Emotional First Aid
  
• Real Simple: How to Feel Better Every Day
  
• TED Talk: The Importance of Self-Care

Well-being & Resilience

• Merck Animal Health: Veterinary Well-being Study
• Active Minds: VAR – Validate, Appreciate, Refer
  
• AVMA: 100 Tips to Support a Culture of Well-being
• AVMA: Countdown to Wellness
  
• AVMA: Well-being During the Holidays – 5 Tips to Alleviate Stress
  
• AAHA: Guide to Veterinary Practice Team Well-being
• AAHA: Culture Initiative
• AAVMC: Work-Related Stress & Trauma
• Clinician’s Brief: Let’s Spark A Well-being Revolution – Parts 1-10

• American Veterinary Medical Association

• American Animal Hospital Association

• American Mental Wellness Association

• Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges

• Active Minds

• Arizona Counselors Association – Find A Counselor

• Arizona Psychological Association – Find A Psychologist

• ASU Center: Mindfulness, Compassion & Resilience

• Compassion Fatigue Awareness Project

• Mental Health.gov

• Mental Health America

• National Institutes of Health

• National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America

• Not One More Vet

• Psychology Today – Therapists in Arizona

• SmokeFree.gov