Found new professional inspiration in a book, a film and a Folkemøde

Thank you for giving such a warm reception to the new book, “A Primer on the Psychological Working Environment and Crisis Management”

Dear reader,

June has been a month in which we at the Institute have both sought out and shared new professional inspiration – partly at the Folkemødet on Bornholm, and partly through a number of prominent experts who gave presentations at the book launch for Rikke Høgsted's new book “A Primer on Mental Health First Aid and Crisis Management”. We can already see – judging by the feedback and sales figures – that this book has found its way into many workplaces and homes. Here, it is helping to spark an important conversation about how we can better support one another when facing accumulated or acute stress.

Or, as Rikke Høgsted herself puts it: ”How, in peacetime, we can work together to build strong dykes so that they hold when the storm hits”. 

Among the speakers at the book launch was the head of rehabilitation Ulla Leth from Odense Municipality and the sisters Zinnini and Kaya Elkington. Zinnini is the screenwriter and director of the film The second victim, which, at the time of writing, can still be seen at the cinema, and Kaya is a doctor and a PhD student. In this short video clip At the book launch, the two share their thoughts and motivations behind making the film.

>> Buy the book “A Primer on Mental Health First Aid and Crisis Management” here

>> Watch Zinnini and Kaya Elkington talk about *The Second Victim* here

>> Get your free chapter here

>> Read more about the book here

Best regards,

Department of Occupational Psychology