Dr. Ginny Sprang helps us understand what moral distress is and how it can arise throughout one’s career, especially during times of elevated stress like the COVID-19 pandemic. Symptoms of moral distress are discussed, as well as tips for managing moral distress should it occur. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities to the Center on Trauma and Children; 8:48 minutes.
Dr. Ginny Sprang is a professor of psychiatry in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and is the Executive Director of the University of Kentucky Center on Trauma and Children (CTAC). She is also the principal investigator of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Innovations and Solutions Center at CTAC.
Find more resources from the University of Kentucky Moral Distress Project here.