Psychological impact of caring for critically ill patients during the Covid-19 pandemic and recommendations for staff support
Author(s) -
Andrew Bates,
Julia Ottaway,
Helen Moyses,
Marcie Perrrow,
Sophie Rushbrook,
Rebecca Cusack
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the intensive care society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.551
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2057-360X
pISSN - 1751-1437
DOI - 10.1177/1751143720965109
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychological intervention , medicine , pandemic , intensive care , psychological resilience , clinical psychology , psychology , psychiatry , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychotherapist
Reports of significant psychological stress among frontline healthcare workers are emerging from the Covid-19 outbreak in China. Concerningly, these match findings from previous infective outbreaks, which resulted in long-term psychological pathology.
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