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Mental health care for medical staff and affiliated healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Walton, Matthew, Murray, Esther, Christian, Michael D·2020·European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

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The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented challenge for society. Supporting the mental health of medical staff and affiliated healthcare workers (staff) is a critical part of the public health response. This paper details the effects on staff and addresses some of the organisational, team and individual considerations for supporting staff (pragmatically) during this pandemic. Leaders at all levels of health care organisations will find this a valuable resource.

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  • HCWs reported difficulties taking care of their families during the COVID-19 outbreak and worries about infecting their families.

    “HCWs reported difficulties taking care of their families during the COVID-19 outbreak and worries about infecting their families [12]”

    From Associations between COVID-19 Work-Related Stressors and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms among Chinese Doctors and Nurses: Application of Stress-Coping Theory (2022) · cites this paper as [12]

    In “How staff may experience stress during a pandemic” (page unavailable), the paper describes staff fearing they have contaminated their families and experiencing conflict between their roles as healthcare workers and parents or carers. “Support for staff in isolation/quarantine” also identifies childcare as a stressor. These passages support both concerns, but the paper draws partly on research from earlier outbreaks and does not establish that healthcare workers reported them specifically during COVID-19. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • During the COVID-19 pandemic, family support is especially important in preventing mental illnesses and fostering recovery from traumas among HCWs.

    “During the COVID-19 pandemic, family support is especially important in preventing mental illnesses and fostering recovery from traumas among HCWs [12].”

    From Associations between COVID-19 Work-Related Stressors and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms among Chinese Doctors and Nurses: Application of Stress-Coping Theory (2022) · cites this paper as [12]

    The section ‘What can individuals do for themselves’ recommends that healthcare staff stay in contact with family and friends and share their feelings during the pandemic. It does not say that family support prevents mental illness or fosters recovery from trauma; the discussion of prevention in ‘What can organisations do for staff’ concerns organisational measures instead. No page numbers are available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Walton, M., Murray, E., & Christian, M. D.
Affiliations
  • London North West Healthcare NHS Trust (GB)
  • Queen Mary University of London (GB)
  • Royal London Hospital (GB)
Corresponding author
Christian, Michael D
Venue
European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care
Published
2020-04
Volume
9
Issue
3
Pages
241-247
ISSN
  • 2048-8726 (ISSN-L)
  • 2048-8734
OpenAlex
W3020622742
Cited by
791
References
22
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 81 · 2023: 154 · 2022: 186 · 2021: 214 · 2020: 112 · 2019: 1
FWCI
66.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Queen Mary Research Online (Queen Mary University of London) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, mental health, healthcare workers, psychological support, team support, leadership, public health response
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus, Empowerment, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Communication, Crisis Intervention, Critical Care, Delivery of Health Care, Health Personnel, Humans, Humanism, Interpersonal Relations, Leadership, Medical Staff, Mental Health, Physicians, Pneumonia, Viral, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Infection Control, Coronavirus Infections, Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute, Pandemics

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