Tai Mendenhall | Source | Associate Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at Univ...
Tai Mendenhall
Dr. Tai Mendenhall is a Medical Family Therapist and Associate Professor in the Couple and Family Therapy Program at the University of Minnesota (UMN) in the Department of Family Social Science. He is also the Associate Director of the UMN’s Citizen Professional Center and Director of the UMN’s Medical Reserve Corps’ Mental Health Disaster-Response Teams. He works actively in the conduct of collaborative family healthcare and community-based participatory research (CBPR) focused on a variety of public health issues.
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University of Minnesota
Associate Professor in the College of Education and Human Development
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U of M app helping first responders across US manage compassion fatigue
The university said compassion fatigue can lead to greater risks of missing important cues or questions, working ineffectively in teams, conducting poor documentation and making medical errors ...
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Tide overs and rain checks: How to cope with changes to your holiday tradition
Modified and postponed plans can still tap the surprising benefits we get from rituals.
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Minnesota-made app helping first responders nationwide
University of Minnesota researchers say their app to help first responders manage stress has now been downloaded in all 50 states.
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The First Responder Toolkit's widespread usage demonstrates the pressing need among responders of all types for resources to help manage their personal and professional well-being through multiple forms of self-monitoring and self-care. Generally, people in the 'helping professions' — mental health providers, biomedical providers, EMTs, etc. — are very good at helping other people. But we are not very good at taking care of ourselves.
