When considering the requirements for mission readiness, what comes to mind?
Perhaps it’s the ability to pass required fitness and body composition tests, weapons qualifications, or pre-deployment medical and dental check-ups. Whatever the requirement, fitness of both the mind and body are important factors that impact mission readiness.
With increasing recognition of bullying in academic settings, it is vital that institutions adhere to their own policies and protocols when supporting victims of bulling and abusive behaviour in medical academia.
In his pioneering 1976 book on workplace harassment, Brodsky coined the term “bullying” to mean “persistent attempts on the part of one or more persons to annoy, wear down, frustrate or elicit a reaction in another.”
Stigma seputar masalah kesehatan jiwa masih sulit dihilangkan. Beberapa stigma, seperti depresi, gangguan kecemasan, dan stres, sering kali dikaitkan dengan rendahnya keimanan seseorang. Bahkan, pekerja yang berupaya mencari layanan kesehatan jiwa tak jarang dipandang “sudah tidak mampu lagi bekerja.”
Kementerian Kesehatan Malaysia membuat pedoman untuk menangani perundungan di tempat kerja bagi stafnya. Ini dibuat melalui Pusat Keunggulan Nasional untuk Kesehatan Mental (NCEMH). Menteri Kesehatan Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad menjelaskan pedoman tersebut ditujukan untuk meningkatkan kesadaran di kalangan pekerja kesehatan, mengenai perundungan di tempat kerja.