Mental Health of Teaching Process Participants in Covid 19 Pandemic

The Student Support Office, University of Sarajevo, in cooperation with the XY Association, conducted a workshop on the mental health of participants in the teaching process during the COVID-19 pandemic on 1 June 2021.
The workshop was led by the leader of the Mental Health Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Irina Rizvan, a psychologist and psychotherapist with many years of workshop experience. The aim of the workshop was to acquaint the academic staff, with the members of the Academic Network, with the possible causes of stress, among students and teaching staff, as a consequence of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the workshop, risk and protective factors and the reactions to stress, professional burnout, and the importance of timely recognition of the earliest symptoms and intervention were presented.
After the workshop, educational material and questionnaires were distributed, which the academic staff will share with their students with the given recommendations.