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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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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
ORCID: Walton, Matthew
Murray, Esther
Venue: European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published: 2020-04
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Pages: 241-247
ISSN: 2048-8726 (ISSN-L)
2048-8734
DOI: 10.1177/2048872620922795
PMC: PMC7189614
OpenAlex: W3020622742
Cited by: 791
References: 22
Citations by year: 2026: 10 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 81 · 2023: 154 · 2022: 186 · 2021: 214 · 2020: 112
FWCI: 66.53
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: hybrid
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (unspecified)
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 › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › 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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