Urgent need to develop evidence-based self-help interventions for mental health of healthcare workers in COVID-19 pandemic.

Lei Yang, Juan Yin, Duolao Wang, Atif Rahman, Xiaomei Li

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Abstract

Thepandemicof COVID-19 has rapidly spread to over 200 countries and territoriesin the past 4months. To save lives and minimizetransmission, millions of healthcareworkers are working in frontlines worldwidebut putting themselves at high risk from the disease. All of themare workingunder extreme pressuresandexperiencinggreat psychological distressin such a challenging situation.In addition to the huge psychological pressure, healthcare workers around the world face morale and burnout issues as they have to make impossible decisions(Greenberg, Docherty, Gnanapragasam, & Wessely, 2020).It is encouraging is that the World Health Organization (WHO) and manyinstitutions have proposedguidelinesto providepsychological assistance for healthcare workers duringthispandemic.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1775-1776
Number of pages2
JournalPsychological Medicine
Volume51
Issue number10
Early online date28 Apr 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2021

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