Τίτλος:
COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on mental health of healthcare
professionals
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
In light of the unprecedented public health crisis of the COVID-19
pandemic, it is highly important to acknowledge the psychological impact
of this mounting threat on healthcare professionals. Previous experience
from smaller scale epidemics and emerging literature around COVID-19
show that the unparalleled amount of stress that healthcare workers are
dealing with, is associated with increased psychological morbidities. We
have depicted the psychological burden that the COVID-19 pandemic has
posed on healthcare professionals in Greece and have reviewed the
literature around the effect of previous epidemics on frontline
healthcare staff. Moreover, we discuss potential triggers and the need
for measures to minimise the psychological pressure on those at the
frontline against this biothreat.
Συγγραφείς:
Tsamakis, Konstantinos
Rizos, Emmanouil
Manolis, Athanasios J.
and Chaidou, Sofia
Kympouropoulos, Stylianos
Spartalis,
Eleftherios
Spandidos, Demetrios A.
Tsiptsios, Dimitrios and
Triantafyllis, Andreas S.
Περιοδικό:
Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
Εκδότης:
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
COVID-19; pandemic; mental health; anxiety; psychological impact;
depression; healthcare professionals
DOI:
10.3892/etm.2020.8646
