COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on mental health of healthcare professionals

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 unpa...

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Published inExperimental and therapeutic medicine Vol. 19; no. 6; pp. 3451 - 3453
Main Authors Tsamakis, Konstantinos, Rizos, Emmanouil, Manolis, Athanasios J, Chaidou, Sofia, Kympouropoulos, Stylianos, Spartalis, Eleftherios, Spandidos, Demetrios A, Tsiptsios, Dimitrios, Triantafyllis, Andreas S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Greece Spandidos Publications 01.06.2020
Spandidos Publications UK Ltd
D.A. Spandidos
Subjects
Anxiety
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Epidemics
Greece
Job stress
Medical personnel
Medical schools
Mental health
Pandemics
Public health
Greece
China
COVID-19
anxiety
psychological impact
mental health
depression
healthcare professionals
pandemic
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1792-0981
1792-1015
DOI:10.3892/etm.2020.8646