Preparing for the Second Surge: Preventing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Building Resilience for Health Care Workers in the Face of COVID-19

The global community needs to be aware of the potential psychosocial consequences that may be experienced by health care workers who are actively managing patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). These health care workers are at increased risk for experiencing mood and trauma-related disorders,...

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Published inDisaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 714 - 717
Main Authors Benham, Todd L, Hart, Alexander, Bortolin, Michelangelo, Court, Michael, Groves, John, Kraus, Anthony, Newbury, Brad, Voskanyan, Amalia, Yogman, Madeline, AlHajjaj, Fahad, AlMalki, Yousef, Alossaimi, Bader, Awoniyi, Oluwafunbi, Bardeesi, Adham Sameer, Cattamanchi, Srihari, Edwards, Bridget, Hernandez, Anthony, Issa, Fadi, Manners, Philip, Molloy, Michael, Romney, Douglas, Weiner, Debra, Ciottone, Gregory R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Cambridge University Press 01.04.2022
Subjects
Anxiety
Concepts in Disaster Medicine
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Emotions
Epidemics
Fatalities
Global health
Health care
Hospitals
Leadership
Medical personnel
Mental disorders
Mental health
Pandemics
Patients
Pediatrics
Post traumatic stress disorder
Trauma
Workers
United States > US
COVID-19
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Coronavirus Disease 2019
resilience
healthcare workers
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Summary:The global community needs to be aware of the potential psychosocial consequences that may be experienced by health care workers who are actively managing patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). These health care workers are at increased risk for experiencing mood and trauma-related disorders, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this concept article, strategies are recommended for individual health care workers and hospital leadership to aid in mitigating the risk of PTSD, as well as to build resilience in light of a potential second surge of COVID-19.
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ISSN:1935-7893
1938-744X
DOI:10.1017/dmp.2020.371