Mental Health Treatment for Front-Line Clinicians During and After the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: A Plea to the Medical Community

Ann Intern Med. 2020 Oct 6;173(7):574-575. doi: 10.7326/M20-2440. Epub 2020 May 26.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed front-line health care professionals—who were already at higher risk for negative effects of chronic stress before the pandemic—at even greater risk for depression and anxiety. This article reminds us of the importance of mutual support and caring for our own mental health, including seeking help from our mental health colleagues when needed.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Anxiety / prevention & control
  • Anxiety / psychology
  • Betacoronavirus
  • Burnout, Professional / prevention & control
  • Burnout, Professional / psychology
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / psychology*
  • Fear / psychology
  • Health Personnel / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Mental Disorders / psychology*
  • Mental Disorders / therapy*
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / psychology*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Stress, Psychological / prevention & control
  • Stress, Psychological / psychology