Quarantine and Mental Health Challenges for Occupational Medicine: The Case Report of a Nurse Infected With SARS-CoV-2
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This case study draws attention to the psychosocial difficulties that emerged in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in relation to the remote management of subjects with psychiatric vulnerabilities following exposure to prolonged quarantine. The case involves a 56-year-old hospital nurse, followed by the Occupational Health Department of a major university hospital in central Italy for mood instability in the context of a cyclothymic temperament. She was quarantined for occupationally acquired COVID-19 and remained positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) via swab test for more than 2 months between March and May 2020. In this case study, we discuss the challenges presented by the risk of a prolonged quarantine in a psychologically vulnerable employee, the need for occupational medicine to provide adequate health surveillance of all health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the effectiveness of telepsychiatry, and the difficulties in formulating a proper treatment strategy.
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- Buselli, R., Corsi, M., Veltri, A., Baldanzi, S., Chiumiento, M., Del Lupo, E., Marino, R., Necciari, G., Caldi, F., Perretta, S., Foddis, R., Guglielmi, G., & Cristaudo, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Pisa (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana
- Corresponding author
- Corsi, M.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Workplace Health & Safety
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2022-01
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 43-49
- ISSN
- 2165-0799 (ISSN-L)
- 2165-0969
- OpenAlex
- W4206443635
- Cited by
- 2
- References
- 45
- Citations by year
- 2022: 2
- FWCI
- 0.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Workplace Health & Safety (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, quarantine, mental health, occupational medicine, nurses, occupational exposure, mood instability, cyclothymic temperament, telepsychiatry, health surveillance, healthcare workers, psychiatric vulnerability
- MeSH terms
- COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Female, Health Personnel, Humans, Mental Health, Middle Aged, Occupational Medicine, Psychiatry, Quarantine, Telemedicine, Pandemics
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