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Study finds COVID‐19 first responders prone to MH problems
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.33088
Subject(s) - covid-19 , mental health , anxiety , depression (economics) , psychiatry , pandemic , medicine , insomnia , psychology , virology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , macroeconomics
More than half of doctors, nurses and emergency responders involved in COVID‐19 care could be at risk for one or more mental health problems, including acute traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, problematic alcohol use and insomnia, according to a new study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research . The researchers found that the risk of these mental health conditions was comparable to rates observed during natural disasters, such as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, Science Daily reported Jan. 12.